Birds in Brazil : a natural history
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Bibliographic Information
Birds in Brazil : a natural history
Princeton University Press, c1993
- Other Title
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Ornitologia brasileira
- Uniform Title
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Ornitologia brasileira
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Translation of: Ornitologia brasileira
"Sponsored by the International Council for Bird Preservation, Pan American Continental Section, with support from the Companhia Vale do Rio Doce."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [643]-649) and indexes
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
Here is a substantially revised and updated English-language version of the only comprehensive, scientific treatment of Brazil's 1635 bird species. Written by the then dean of Brazilian ornithologists and published in Brazil in 1985, it not only lists every individual Brazilian species and provides detailed accounts for most of them but also gives an extensive treatment of the characteristics of each bird family found in the country. In addition, it analyzes the composition of Brazil's avifauna and relates it to the country's geography.
Table of Contents
Foreword (to the Brazilian edition) 1.1 Morphoclimatic Domains 1.2 Terrain Types and Their Avifauna 1.3 Principal Habitats of Brazilian Birds Ch. 2 A Short History of Ornithology in Brazil, from The Sixteenth Century to the Early Twentieth Century Ch. 3 Conservation in Brazil 3.1 History of Conservation in Brazil 3.2 Conservation Units 3.3 The Minimal Critical Size of Ecosystems Projects 3.4 Conservation Problems, Especially in Amazonia 3.5 Atlantic Forest and Calcareous Forest 3.6 Reforestation, Faunal Dependence and Environmental Preservation 3.7 Pollution: Birds as Bioindicators 3.8 Illegal Trade in Birds: New Perspectives 3.9 New Orientation Ch. 4 Biogeography and Speciation Ch. 5 The Birds 5.1 Birds of the Neotropics 5.2 Fossil Birds 5.3 Categories of Brazilian Birds 5.4 Population Analyses and Biodiversity 5.5 Sources Illustrated Guide to the Orders and Families of Brazilian Birds Ch. 6 Family and Species Accounts General Bibliography Species Index: Scientific Names Species Index: English Names
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