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FIRST EDITION. FINE HARDBACK IN DUSTWRAP. – FOLIO. IN THIS FIRST WORLDWIDE SURVEY OF CORMORANTS DARTERS AND PELICANS PAUL A. JOHNSGARD PROVIDES A COLOUR ILLUSTRATION OF NEARLY EVERY SPECIES AND A VARIETY OF ANATOMICAL DRAWINGS AND HE SUMMARIZES THE SPECIES` STATUS AND BIOLOGY INCLUDING ECOLOGY BEHAVIOUR DICTRIBUTION PLUMAGE AND MORPHOLOGY. THE FIRST SECTION OF THE BOOK FOCUSES ON COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY INCLUDING ALL 32 SPECIES OF CORMORANTS AND SHAGS. (PHALACROCORACIDAE) TWO SPECIES OF DARTERS (ANHINGIDAE) AND SEVEN SPECIES OF PELICANS (PELECANIDAE). THE ACCOUNTS COVER SPECIES` PHYLOGENYTAXONOMY ZOOGEOGRAPHY COMPARATIVE ANATOMY BEHAVIOUR REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY POPULATION AND BREEDING DYNAMICS AND CONSERVATION BIOLOGY. EXTRA POSTAGE FOR OVERSEAS.