Albatrosses and petrels across the world / Michael Brooke ; illustrated by John Cox

• PART I -- 1. An introduction the the petrels -- 2. The origins and radiation of the petrels -- 3. The colonial imperative and its impact on behaviour -- 4. The build-up to laying -- 5. Petrel eggs: the long haul from laving to hatching -- 6. The chick'äs passage from thye egg to the high seas -- 7. Factors influencing the breeding success of petrels -- 8. The life history of petrels -- 9. How does a petrel find food at sea: some developing answers -- 10. Perils for petrels -- PART II. -- Albatrosses Family Diomedeidae -- Petrels Family Procellaridae -- Storm Petrels Family Hydrobatidae -- Diving Petrels Family Pelecanoididae. 

Ämnesord

Albatrosses  (LCSH)

Petrels  (LCSH)

Stormfåglar  (sao)

Albatrosser  (sao)

Klassifikation

598.42 (DDC)

Uggo (kssb/7)