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Avian architecture : how birds design, engineer & build / Peter Goodfellow ; edited by Mike Hansell.
LIBRA QL675 .G64 2011
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goodfellow, Peter.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Birds--Nests.
- Birds.
- Birds--Nests--Pictorial works.
- Birds--Behavior.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 160 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2011.
- Summary:
- Describes how birds design, engineer, and build their nests, deconstructing all types of nests found around the world using architectural blueprints and detailed descriptions of the construction processes and engineering techniques birds use. This spectacularly illustrated book features 300 full-color images and more than 35 case studies that profile key species worldwide. Each chapter covers a different type of nest, from tunnel nests and mound nests to floating nests, hanging nests, woven nests, and even multiple-nest avian cities. Other kinds of avian construction--such as bowers and harvest wells--are also featured.
- Contents:
- Scrape nests
- Holes & tunnels
- Platform nests
- Aquatic nests
- Cup-shaped nests
- Domed nests
- Mud nests
- Hanging, woven & stitched nests
- Mound nests
- Colonies & group nests
- Courts & bowers
- edible nests & food stores.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-155) and index.
- ISBN:
- 069114849X
- 9780691148496
- OCLC:
- 687685987
- Publisher Number:
- 99943943274
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