Keywords:
Birds-Scotland.
;
Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (286 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781408137352
Series Statement:
Poyser Monographs
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=6159402
DDC:
598.3/3
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of tables -- List of appendices -- List of plates -- List of figures -- Preface -- Authors' preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 The Greenshank -- Chapter 2 The Family -- Chapter 3 Greenshank Country -- Chapter 4 Nest Hunting -- Chapter 5 Individual Greenshanks -- Chapter 6 Groups, Populations and Breeding Density -- Chapter 7 Voice -- Chapter 8 Territory and Dispersion -- Chapter 9 Courtship and Displays -- Chapter 10 Nest -- Chapter 11 Egg, Clutch and Laying Season -- Chapter 12 Brooding and Hatching -- Chapter 13 Young -- Chapter 14 Feeding Habitats, Feeding Behaviour and Food -- Chapter 15 Predators -- Chapter 16 The Breeding Habitat of The Greenshank in Scotland -- Chapter 17 Distribution, Numbers and Movements -- Chapter 18 Progress -- Bibliography -- Tables -- Appendix 1 Description of nesting territories -- Appendix 2 Nest sites and nest linings (D. A. Ratcliffe) -- Appendix 3 Egg-laying notes and observations -- Appendix 4 Analysis of unhatched greenshank egg -- Appendix 5 Food (Glutz 1977) -- Appendix 6 Ringing recoveries (R. Spencer, BTO) -- Appendix 7 Ectoparasites -- Appendix 8 Endoparasites (Parasitic Worms) -- Appendix 9 Hut diary for 21 May 1977 -- Appendix 10 Note on the interpretation of the sound spectrograms -- Appendix 11 World breeding and wintering ranges of greenshank T. nebularia and greater yellowlegs T. melanoleuca -- Colour plates -- Plates.
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