A 1975 Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Author: William Watt Addison Phillips
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 122
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Author: William Watt Addison Phillips
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 122
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Patrick Peebles
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2015-10-22
Total Pages: 495
ISBN-13: 1442255854
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSri Lanka has had a celebrated history, a long colonial past, and since independence in 1948 has passed through a series of crises and political experiments. It has had a remarkable record of voters turning out unpopular governments, often by sweeping margins. On 8 January 2015 voters again performed this feat when Maithripala Sirisena, representing a coalition of disparate parties, defeated Mahinda Rajapaksa for the presidency. Rajapaksa was turning the nation away from its democratic heritage towards authoritarianism and militarism. Independent Sri Lanka’s economy stagnated for decades before it began to grow in the 1980s. It has had significant economic growth since the end of the 26-year war against the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 2009. Although reconciliation between the Sinhalese Buddhist majority and Hindu, Muslim and Christian minorities seems distant, prospects for Sri Lanka seem better than they have been for decades. The Historical Dictionary of Sri Lanka contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Sri Lanka.
Author: William Watt Addison Phillips
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 136
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Harrison
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2011-01-27
Total Pages: 325
ISBN-13: 0199585660
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fully comprehensive, modern field guide to all of the bird species in Sri Lanka. Featuring numerous color illustrations and detailed descriptions of the key identification features, the book will be equally valuable for ornithologists and birdwatchers.
Author: T. Pullaiah
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2024-02-20
Total Pages: 861
ISBN-13: 1000907074
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBiodiversity is declining at an alarming rate due to anthropogenic activities around the world. This book is the first volume in the new series Biodiversity Hotspots of the World, which highlights the 36 hotspot regions of the world, regions that were designated as reaping maximum benefit from preservation efforts. This series is our humble attempt to document these hotspots as a conservation and preservation measure. This first volume in the series focuses on the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka, construed as forming a community of species because of their shared biogeographical history. The volume explores the diversity and conservation efforts of the extraordinarily rich species found here, including plants, many of which are found nowhere else in the world; forests, which face tremendous population pressure and have been dramatically impacted by demands for timber and agricultural land; as well as the hotspot’s diverse mammals, birds, insects, and amphibian species, and more. The volumes in this series will be essential resources for researchers and practitioners in the fields of conservation biology, ecology, and evolution.
Author: H. A. I. Goonetileke
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 628
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Channa N. B. Bambaradeniya
Publisher: IUCN
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9558177512
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.). College Library
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 278
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bikram Grewal
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 2014-11-04
Total Pages: 515
ISBN-13: 1462914853
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPeriplus is proud to present the first comprehensive photographic guide to the birds of the Indian subcontinent. This ebook offers over 800 species and distinct sub-species and contains over 1,000 full-color photographs. Each species has a distribution map. Many of the photographs in this magnificent volume appear for the first time and have been carefully selected to show the most important features of the species illustrated. In several cases, different plumages or flight shots are included. The concise text provided vital information on the plumages, voice and habits of each species covered and includes new information. Over a hundred related species are also mentioned in the texts. The maps are accompanied by a note on the status and distribution. This ebook will enable accurate field identification in one of the world's most diverse avifaunal regions. Indispensable reading for all bird lovers.