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  • Bird Populations

    by Ian Newton ...
    Series Book 124 - Collins New Naturalist Library
    In the latest addition to the New Naturalist series, Ian Newton explores bird populations and what causes their fluctuation – food supplies, competitors, predators, parasites, pathogens and human activity.The combination of a rapidly expanding human population, a predominantly utilitarian attitude to land, central government policy on land use and increasing mechanisation have combined to promote ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Courage

    Time to Live or Time to Die?

    by Ian Newton ...
    A routine flight from the UK to the USA, filled with everyday families, couples, and business travelers. Ordinary people with ordinary lives. But two hours before landing in New York, everything changes. A group of terrorists seizes control of the plane, determined to crash it into Harvard University.The book delves into the backgrounds of the terrorists and a few key passengers, unraveling their ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Bird Migration

    by Ian Newton ...
    Series Book 113 - Collins New Naturalist Library
    The phenomenon of bird migration has fascinated people from time immemorial. The arrivals and departures of different species marked the seasons, heralding spring and autumn, and providing a reliable calendar long before anything better became available.Migration is shown by many kinds of animals, including butterflies and other insects, mammals, marine turtles and fish, but in none is it as ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Finches

    by Ian Newton ...
    Series Book 55 - Collins New Naturalist Library
    This illustrated survey of finch behaviour is a thorough, non-technical account of the habits of these birds throughout the world.Greenfinches nest in plantations, large shrubby gardens and churchyards with lots of evergreens, thickets and tall hedges. After breeding, goldfinches forage on waste land, overgrown rubbish dumps, neglected allotments of food, and rough pastures. Bullfinches, in their ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • The Migration Ecology of Birds

    by Ian Newton ...
    The Migration Ecology of Birds, Second Edition covers all aspects of this absorbing subject, including migratory processes, problems of navigation and vagrancy, timing and physiological control of migration, large-scale movement patterns, the effects of recent climate change, the problems that migrants face, and the factors that limit their populations. This book provides a thorough and in-depth ... Read more

    $155.99 CAD

  • Uplands and Birds

    by Ian Newton ...
    Series Book 142 - Collins New Naturalist Library
    Ian Newton, author of Farming and Birds and Bird Migration returns to the New Naturalist series with a long awaited look at the uplands and its birds.The uplands of Britain are unique landscapes created by grazing animals, primarily livestock. The soils and blanket bogs of the uplands are also the largest stores of carbon in the UK, and 70% of the country’s drinking water comes from the uplands. ... Read more

    $60.99 CAD

  • The Hero's Chamber

    by Ian Newton ...
    Two young men bound in friendship and searching for something they have yet to understand. A man shattered by his failed attempt at glory and wrestling with choices made in the past. A grandmother rooted in the stories taught to her in childhood and leading her family in the ways of hope. A young woman yearning to understand her place in the world. Five souls,one vision and a Kingdom for the ... Read more

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  • Population Limitation in Birds

    by Ian Newton ...
    This book meets the demand for a comprehensive introduction to understanding the processes of population limitation. Recognized world-wide as a respected biologist and communicator, Dr. Ian Newton has now written a clear and detailed treatise on local scale population limiting factors in birds. It is based almost entirely on results from field studies, though it is set in a contemporary ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD

  • Population Ecology of Raptors

    by Ian Newton ...
    Series series Poyser Monographs
    Dr Newton's book is concerned with all aspects of population regulation in diurnal birds of prey, their social behaviour, dispersion, numbers, movements, breeding and mortality.He has drawn on his own studies in Scotland and on material and investigations worldwide to produce an authoritative and stimulating synthesis of current thinking and research on the ecological problems of the Falconiformes ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

  • The Sparrowhawk

    by Ian Newton ...
    Series series Poyser Monographs
    Dr Newton is now a senior ornithologist with the Natural Environment Research Council and the book draws on his wide knowledge of the Sparrowhawk, as well as that of other workers in Britain and abroad.The text gives a detailed account of all aspects of the Sparrowhawk's lifestyle, population levels and trends, and the impact of man and environment on the species in recent times.The book also has ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

  • Bird Ecology and Conservation

    A Handbook of Techniques

    by William J. Sutherland, Ian Newton, Rhys Green ...
    Series Book 1 - Techniques in Ecology & Conservation
    The aim of this book is to outline the main methods and techniques available to ornithologists. A general shortage of information about available techniques is greatly hindering progress in avian ecology and conservation. Currently this sort of information is disparate and difficult to locate with much of it widely dispersed in books, journals and grey literature. Sutherland and his editorial team ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD

  • Ecology and Conservation of Owls

    Edited by Ian Newton, Rodney Kavanagh, Jerry Olsen, Iain Taylor ...
    Owls in Australia are difficult to find and study, so comparatively little is known about their biology. Even less is known about the status, taxonomy, and biology of those species and sub-species living in tropical and subtropical environments and on islands. Many island species and subspecies are at risk, some have already been lost. Ecology and Conservation of Owls includes sections on ... Read more

    $99.99 CAD