Urban ornithology : 150 years of birds in New York City
P. A. Buckley (Author), Walter Sedwitz (Author), William J. Norse (Author), John Kieran (Author)
"A quantitative long-term historical analysis of the migratory, winter, and breeding avifaunas of New York City's Van Cortlandt Park and Northwest Bronx from 1872 to 2016"--Provided by publisher
eBook, English, 2018
Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, 2018
History
1 online resource (xvii, 514 pages)
9781501719622, 9781501719615, 1501719629, 1501719610
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Systematic ListList of FiguresList of TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionAvifaunal OverviewTerminologySubarea CoverageHistorical and Recent Data SourcesVan Cortlandt Contrasted with Central and Prospect ParksEcological ConnectivityBreeding SpeciesWinter SpeciesMigrationResource ConcernsThe FutureIntroduction to the Species AccountsSpecies AccountsAppendixes1. Tables2. Scientific Names of All Organisms Mentioned in This Book Other Than Birds in the Species Accounts3. Glossary of Symbols, Abbreviations, and Terms Used in This Book4. Names of All Observers Appearing Anywhere in the Body of This Book5. Stranger in a Strange Land: An Andean Gull in the Bronx6. Specimens in Museum Collections from Van Cortlandt Park, Kingsbridge Meadows, Woodlawn Cemetery and Jerome Reservoir, and RiverdaleLiterature CitedAbout the AuthorsIndexesEnglish Bird NamesScientific Bird NamesSubjects
In English