Penguins (eBook)

The Ultimate Guide Second Edition

Julie Cornthwaite, Mark Jones, Tui De Roy (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2022
240 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-23358-1 (ISBN)

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An acclaimed photographic guide to these marvelous and enigmatic birds-now in a new, updated editionPenguins are perhaps the most beloved birds. On land, their behavior appears so humorous and expressive that we can be excused for attributing to them moods and foibles similar to our own. Few realize how complex and mysterious their private lives truly are, as most of their existence takes place far from our prying eyes, hidden beneath the ocean waves. Now in a new, updated edition, this stunningly illustrated book provides a unique look at these extraordinary creatures and the cutting-edge science that is helping us to better understand them. Featuring more than 400 breathtaking photos, this is the ultimate guide to all 18 species of penguins, including those with retiring personalities or nocturnal habits that tend to be overlooked and rarely photographed. This revised second edition features updated scientific information and some spectacular new photographs.Penguins is the most ambitious book to date by Tui De Roy, Mark Jones, and Julie Cornthwaite. Their travels, spanning more than two decades, have seen them crisscross the southern hemisphere to virtually everywhere that penguins are found, from the sun-baked lava shores of the Galapagos to some of the remotest subantarctic islands, as well as all around the Antarctic continent, where Emperor penguins breed on the deep-frozen sea.A book that no bird enthusiast or armchair naturalist should do without, Penguins includes discussions of penguin conservation, informative species profiles, fascinating penguin facts, and tips on where to see penguins in the wild.Covers all 18 species of the world's penguinsFeatures more than 400 stunning photosExplores the latest science on penguins and their conservationIncludes informative species profiles and fascinating penguin facts

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.4.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Schlagworte: Adult • African penguin • Airflow • anchovy • Antarctic • Antarctic Peninsula • Antipodes Islands • apex predator • AUK • Avian malaria • beak • Beijing • biologist • bird • Black Tea • Boulders Beach • Bounty Islands • Breeding pair • Bruny Island • Carcass Island • Chinstrap Penguin • Christianity and Judaism • climate change • conservation status • courtship • Crested penguin • cyanobacteria • Dumont d'Urville Station • East Antarctica • East Falkland • Egging • electrolyte • Emperor Penguin • Erect-crested penguin • Falkland Islands • fishery • food web • foraging • forehead • fungus • fur seal • Futures Studies • Galapagos penguin • Gentoo Penguin • Giant petrel • Gough Island • Guano • habitat destruction • hatchling • humming • Indian Ocean • Indication (medicine) • King Penguin • Krill • Little penguin • Macquarie Island • Magellanic penguin • Matsutake • Melanosome • Namibia • Neglect • Neutral buoyancy • New Zealand • Nightingale Island • Occupancy • ocean • Oil Spill • Oil Well • Penguin • Phytoplankton • Pigment • plumage • Polar front • pollution • predation • Punta Tombo • Quickbird • Radio-Frequency Identification • Rearing (horse) • Reproductive success • Ross Sea • Royal penguin • Sardine • sea ice • seawater • southern hemisphere • Southern Ocean • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands • Stable isotope ratio • Strasbourg • Texas Instruments • The New York Intellectuals • throat • Tristan da Cunha • Underwater vision • Vegetation • Water column • Weddell Sea • year • Yellow-eyed penguin
• ISBN-10: 0-691-23358-6 / 0691233586
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-23358-1 / 9780691233581