How Birds Live Together - Colonies and Communities in the Avian World (Hardcover)

A beautifully illustrated exploration of the ways birds cohabit Featuring dramatic and delightful wild bird colonies and communities, How Birds Live Together offers a broad overview of social living in the avian world. From long-established seabird colonies that use the same cliffs for generations to the fast-shifting dynamics of flock formation, leading wildlife writer Marianne Taylor explores the different ways birds choose to dwell together. Through fascinating text, color photos, maps, and other graphics, Taylor examines the advantages of avian sociality and social breeding. Chapters provide detailed information on diverse types of bird colonies, including those species that construct single-family nests close together in trees; those that share large, communal nests housing multiple families; those that nest in tunnels dug into the earth; those that form exposed colonies on open ground and defend them collectively, relying on ferocious aggression; those that live communally on human-made structures in towns and cities; and more. Taylor discusses the challenges, benefits, hazards, and social dynamics of each style of living, and features a wealth of species as examples. Showcasing colonies from the edge of Scotland and the tropical delta of the Everglades to the Namib Desert in Africa, How Birds Live Together gives bird enthusiasts a vivid understanding of avian social communities.

General

Imprint:	Princeton University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2022
Authors:	Marianne Taylor
Dimensions:	251 x 191 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Trade binding
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-691-23190-7
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > Wild animals > Birds & birdwatching Promotions
LSN:	0-691-23190-7
Barcode:	9780691231907

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