Hummingbirds [electronic resource] : A Celebration of Nature's Jewels

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서명/저자사항	Hummingbirds [electronic resource]: A Celebration of Nature's Jewels / Glenn Bartley and Andy Swash.
개인저자	Bartley, Glenn (Wildlife photographer), author. Swash, Andy, author. Zurita, Patricia, writer of the preface. Hume, Rob, contributor. Sharpe, Christopher J., contributor. Still, Robert, contributor. Melchels, Jeanne, illustrator.
발행사항	Princeton: Princeton University Press, [2022]
형태사항	1 online resource (288 pages) : color illustrations.
총서사항	WILDGuides
ISBN	0691225605 9780691225609
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
내용주기	An Introduction to Hummingbirds -- Adaptations for Exceptional Lifestyles -- Color and Iridescence: Flashes of Brilliance -- Breeding: Continuing the Line -- Biogeography and Biodiversity: The Hummingbirds' Realm -- Hummingbirds and People: History, Discovery and Culture -- Conservation: Hummingbirds Under Threat -- In Pursuit of Hummingbirds: A Photographic Journey-Glenn Bartley -- In Search of Nature's Jewels: A Personal Quest-Andy Swash -- Taxonomy: The BirdLife List of Species -- Appendix 1: Misnamed Hummingbirds -- Appendix 2: Named Hummingbird Hybrids
요약	With their dazzling colors, glittering iridescent feathers, fantastic adornments, astonishing powers of flight, and many other unique characteristics, hummingbirds are among the world's most extraordinary birds--true jewels of nature. This beautifully designed book offers a celebration of all aspects of hummingbirds and their world, presenting the latest scientific information in an accessible style and featuring hundreds of the most spectacluar photographs of hummingbirds ever taken, all enhanced by wonderful artwork.
일반주제명	Hummingbirds. NATURE / Animals / Birds
분류기호(DDC)	598.764
언어	영어
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