Keywords:
Puffins.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
A comprehensive monograph on the Atlantic Puffin, the most recognisable and popular of all North Atlantic seabirds.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (273 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781408160558
Series Statement:
Poyser Monographs
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=773599
DDC:
598.33
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction and acknowledgements -- 1. Puffins and auks -- 2. Studies of Puffins -- 3. Appearance, development and moult -- 4. Distribution and status in Britain, Ireland and France -- 5. Distribution and status in Iceland, the Faeroe Islands, Norway, Russia, Svalbard, Greenland and the western Atlantic -- 6. Colony attendance and incubation -- 7. Chick rearing and breeding success -- 8. Puffin behaviour (by Kenny Taylor) -- 9. Food and feeding -- 10. Predators, pirates, parasites and competitors -- 11. Survival of Puffins and the Isle of May population -- 12. Puffins away from the colony -- 13. Puffins and people -- 14. Other threats to Puffins -- 15. Overview and the future -- Appendix 1. Measurements of Puffins throughout the range -- Appendix 2. Sources of counts and estimates and general background information used in Chapters 4 and 5 -- Appendix 3. First and last dates of Puffins in Grampian, on the Isle of May and Fair Isle -- Appendix 4. Dates when Puffins were first seen on the sea and ashore and were last recorded ashore or carrying fish on Skokholm -- Appendix 5. Timing of breeding of Puffins on the Isle of May and the Farne Islands -- Appendix 6. Measurements of eggs of Puffins throughout the range -- Appendix 7. Annual peak and fledging weights, age at fledging and growth rates of Puffins on the Isle of May, 1974-2010 -- Appendix 8. Breeding success of Puffins on the Isle of May, 1973-2010 -- Appendix 9. Numbers of fish brought to young Puffins on the Isle of May, 1973-2010 -- Appendix 10. Diet by weight of young Puffins on the Isle of May, 1973-2010 -- Appendix 11. Lengths of sandeels, rockling and other Gadidae dropped by Puffins on the Isle of May, 1973-2010.
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Appendix 12. Lengths of sprat, herring and unidentified Clupeidae dropped by Puffins on the Isle of May, 1973-2010 -- Appendix 13. Annual mean weights of loads of fish, number of fish per load and frequency of feeds brought to young Puffins on the Isle of May, 1973-2010 -- Appendix 14. Scientific names of birds, mammals and amphibians mentioned in the text -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Z -- Colour Picture Section.
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