| Animal Migration: Remarkable Journeys in the Wild Contributor(s): Hoare, Ben (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520258231 ISBN-13: 9780520258235 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $38.56 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2009 Annotation: This spectacular guide explores the mysteries of animal migration over land, in the oceans, and through the air. Lavishly illustrated with two hundred photographs and maps, "Animal Migration "highlights specific conservation issues while tracing the routes of some one hundred species of animal with examples on every continent. Ben Hoare explains how animals migrate, either as parts of mass migration or in individual journeys, and describes in fascinating detail their navigation, reproduction, and feeding strategies. He also brings to life migrations that stand out for their extraordinary challenges such as those that take animals unthinkable distances across hostile or barren territory. Designed for easy browsing or in-depth study, "Animal Migration "concludes with a supplementary catalog of migrants, adding the routes of an additional two hundred animals, and is an invaluable addition to any nature lover's library. "Copub: Marshall Editions" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animals - General - Nature | Animals - Wildlife - Nature | Ecology |
| Dewey: 591.568 |
| LCCN: 2008035618 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 10.12" W x 11.64" (2.72 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This spectacular guide explores the mysteries of animal migration over land, through oceans, and in the air. Lavishly illustrated with more than 200 photographs and maps, "Animal Migration" traces the routes of some 100 species of animal on every continent, highlighting the specific conservation issues. Ben Hoare explains how animals migrate to find food or water or to breed, either as part of a mass migration or in individual journeys, describing in fascinating detail their navigation, reproductive, and feeding strategies. He also considers migrations that stand out for their extraordinary challenges and that take animals unthinkable distances across hostile or barren territory. Designed for easy browsing or in-depth study, "Animal Migration" is divided into four major sections. The Spectacle of Migration features the Serengeti, the Australian Outback, the Canadian Arctic, the Okvango Delta, the Pantanal, and Antarctica and provides a broad overview. It explains how climate functions, how the migration instinct works, how the routes evolve, and how light, noise, concrete, towers, and cables affect migrating animals. Migration over Land documents the journeys of the caribou, wildebeest, spotted hyena, African elephants, and more. Migration across the Sea includes lobsters and herring as well as sea mammals like the walrus, several species of seal, and four types of whale. Migration by Air includes the spectacled eider duck, the osprey, the monarch butterfly, and the Icelandic whooper swan. This beautiful and authoritative book, an invaluable addition to any nature-lovers library, concludes with a supplementary catalog of migrants, adding the routes of an additional 200 animals. |