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Avian architecture : how birds design, engineer & build / Peter Goodfellow ; edited by Mike Hansell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goodfellow, Peter, author.
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Birds--Nests.
- Birds.
- Birds--Behavior.
- Birds--Nests--Pictorial works.
- Nest building.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (160 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
- Edition:
- Course Book
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Birds are the most consistently inventive builders, and their nests set the bar for functional design in nature. Avian Architecture 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. Avian Architecture includes intricate step-by-step sequences, visual spreads on nest-building materials and methods, and insightful commentary by a leading expert. Illustrates how birds around the world design, engineer, and build their nests Features architectural blueprints, step-by-step sequences, visual spreads on nest-building materials and methods, and expert commentary Includes 300 full-color images Covers more than 100 bird species worldwide
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword / Hansell, Mike
- Introduction
- Chapter One. Scrape Nests
- Chapter Two. Holes & Tunnels
- Chapter Three. Platform Nests
- Chapter Four. Aquatic Nests
- Chapter Five. Cup-Shaped Nests
- Chapter Six. Domed Nests
- Chapter Seven. Mud Nests
- Chapter Eight. Hanging, Woven & Stitched Nests
- Chapter Nine. Mound Nests
- Chapter Ten. Colonies & Group Nests
- Chapter Eleven. Courts & Bowers
- Chapter Twelve. Edible Nests & Food Stores
- Resources
- Glossary
- Index
- Author Acknowledgments
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9786613831699
- 9781283519243
- 1283519240
- 9781400838318
- 1400838312
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