The History and Range Expansion of Peregrine Falcons in the Thule Area, Northwest Greenland
The History and Range Expansion of Peregrine Falcons in the Thule Area, Northwest Greenland

Author: Andrew G. Gosler

Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press

Published: 2012-07-01

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 8763539004

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This book covers the discovery and history of the most northern breeding population of Peregrine Falcons in the world, near Thule Air Base in northwest Greenland (75.9–77.6° N). Although the region was explored by scientific expeditions as early as 1818, Peregrines were not documented in the area until the 1930s. By the early 1990s the population had become well established, with a warming climate enabling Peregrines from further south to expand their breeding range northward. Here Burnham and his co-authors present their comprehensive findings on the biology and ecology of this population based on thirteen years of research from 1993 to 2005.

Introduction to Biological Data Analysis in Python
Introduction to Biological Data Analysis in Python

Author: Stilianos Louca

Publisher: Stilianos Louca

Published: 2023-03-17

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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This book introduces computational data analysis in biology, using the free and popular programming language python 3. The book targets undergraduate and graduate students in biology with an interest in computational techniques, but could also be of interest to students in other scientific disciplines such as biochemistry, environmental sciences and physics. No prior programming experience is required -- this book is intended for the motivated novice! Readers will learn to load and analyze data and produce professional visualizations. The mathematical content is kept to a bare minimum. Examples and exercises are drawn from a wide spectrum across biology, such as epidemiology, ecology, conservation biology, neuroscience, evolution, genetics, genomics and microbiology. Many exercises use realistic datasets published in the scientific literature, such as bacterial genome sequences, animal GPS tracking data, population time series and biodiversity inventories. References to the scientific literature are provided throughout.

Flight Identification of Raptors of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East
Flight Identification of Raptors of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East

Author: Dick Forsman

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2016-02-25

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13: 1472925548

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This book is the ultimate flight-identification guide for the raptors of the Western Palaearctic, covering Europe, North Africa, the Middle East (including Arabia) to Central Asia. Raptors are notoriously hard to identify, even if seen well, and represent perhaps the toughest of all ID challenges for birders. This guide provides identification information for all 60 species that regularly occur in the region, to subspecific level. The text covers every plumage and age in detail, with each species account accompanied by a range of photographs covering all the principal plumages. Based on this stunning photographic coverage, most of which has never been published before, this book represents a landmark in bird identification books and a major work for all raptor enthusiasts.

Alaska Seabird Information Series (ASIS)
Alaska Seabird Information Series (ASIS)

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13:

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"Compilation of seabird species accounts for all seabirds breeding in Alaska and five important nonbreeders. Conservation status, life history, distribution, population size and trends, conservation concerns, and recommended management actions are included in the accounts"--Leaf i.

The Gyrfalcon
The Gyrfalcon

Author: Eugene Potapov

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2010-01-29

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1408128187

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WINNER OF THE WILDLIFE SOCIETY'S 'BEST SCIENCE BOOK 2006' AWARD This book is the first monograph on one of the most beautiful and admired birds in the world. The Gyrfalcon is the world's largest and most powerful falcon - a truly awe-inspiring bird which inhabits the ferociously inhospitable Arctic taiga, from Greenland and Iceland right across Siberia and northern Canada. Its plumage varies from a dark mottled grey to pure white - the white birds in particular are coveted by birders and falconers. Like other titles in the series, it covers all aspects of the species' biology, taxonomy, distribution, status and historical associations with mankind. The result is an exhaustively researched and enthrallingly readable biography of a spectacular bird, illustrated throughout with photographs and line drawings.

National Parks System Plan
National Parks System Plan

Author: Max Finkelstein

Publisher: [Hull, Quebec] : Environment Canada, Parks Service

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13:

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A status report of the National Park System in each of Canada's 39 National Park Natural Regions, containing information on geography, vegetation, wildlife, photographs, descriptions and maps.