Book Details
| Author: | Lack, David: |
| Title: | Population Studies of Birds. |
| Published: | Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968. |
| Classification: | Catalogue 12 - Natural History |
| Description: | v, 341 pp. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor. Frontispiece. Line drawing illustrations in text. This book is a sequel to 'The Natural Regulation of Animal Numbers' (1954) and is a critical assessment of the ideas there put forward in the light of the long-term studies on bird populations carried out since it was written. Discusses breeding seasons, clutch size, age of maturity, density-dependent mortality, and territory. Species include tits, thrushes, flycatchers, the Quelea, owls, grouse, the white stork, penguins and shearwaters. Previous owners bookplate on fep. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Overall condition near Fine. In VG+ illustrated price clipped dust wrapper. |
| Book Number: | #2186 |
| Price: | € 44.50 |
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