Birds in Scotland / by Valerie M. Thom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thom, Valerie.

Contributor:

Scottish Ornithologists' Club.

Series:

Poyser Monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birds--Scotland.

Birds.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Calton [England] : T & AD Poyser, 1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This impressively comprehensive study and review of the birds in Scotland by Valerie Thom, editor of Scottish Birds and past-President of the Scottish Ornithologists' Club, may be said to follow on where the celebrated two volumes of The Birds of Scotland (1953), by Dr Baxter and Miss Rintoul, left off. It does more than that, however, since not only has there been a profound increase in ornithological coverage and data (as reflected in the species accounts), there have also been great changes in habitat and environment since the days of Baxter & Rintoul. These aspects form the themes of the t

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Scotland - its avifauna and geography; 2 Coastal habitats; 3 Woodlands; 4 Uplands; 5 Freshwater habitats; 6 Farmland; 7 Urban-suburban and man-made habitats; 8 Developments in bird study; 9 Protection and conservation - progress and problems; 10 Recent changes in status and distribution; 11 Background to the species accounts; The species accounts; Appendices; Bibliography; General index; Species index

Notes:

"Published for the Scottish Ornithologists' Club."

"Print-on-demand and digital editions published 2011."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical reference and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-98661-9

9786612986611

1-4081-3836-0

1-4081-3835-2

OCLC:

742333293