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The Mandarin Duck: Poyser Monographs

Autor Sir Christopher Lever
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 28 feb 2013
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Mandarin Duck, one of the largest and best-studied is in southern England.


The Mandarin Duck is a small and (in the case of the males) spectacularly colourful species of waterfowl. Widely kept in aviaries around the world, populations often escaped to form wild colonies.

Although declining and nowadays surprisingly hard to find, Britain's wild Mandarin population is probably more numerous than that of the duck's true home, China and the Russian Far East, where it is now endangered.

This Poyser monograph is a detailed account of this beautiful duck's lifestyle and biology, with particular emphasis on invasive populations in Britain and overseas. It is a superb addition to the long-running and acclaimed Poyser series.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781408149638
ISBN-10: 140814963X
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 166 x 236 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.62 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția T & AD Poyser
Seria Poyser Monographs

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

List of Tables
List of Maps
Preface
Introduction

1 Native Range in the Far East
2 Conservation in the Far East
3 The Mandarin Duck in Oriental legend, literature and art
4 Introduction to England
5 Spread, distribution and status within Britain and Northern Ireland
6 Introduced populations and breeding records in the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement Area
7 Mandarin Ducks in the United States
8 Non-breeding records in the African-Eurasian Waterbird agreement area and failed introductions elsewhere
9 Annual life cycle: courtship; breeding biology, moulting
10 Food and foraging

Plate Section

Appendices:
I Classification
II Taxonomy
III Description
IV Status
V Nest-boxes
VI Trapping and ringing
VII The Wood Duck

Acknowledgements
Glossary
Bibliography
Photo credits

Recenzii

This Poyser monograph is a detailed account of this beautiful duck's lifestyle and biology, with particular emphasis on invasive populations in Britain and overseas. It is a superb addition to the long-running and acclaimed Poyser series. IAN'S RECOMMENDATION: A MUST have for those with an interest in the species.
Christopher Lever is to be congratulated on the care he has taken to research not only written sources, but to have assiduously pursued contact with a very comprehensive range of local contacts... there is a pleasing familiarity with the look and feel of this volume.