WADERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA by Phil Hockey & Claire Douie
As human populations in Africa increase unchecked, the rate of environmental degradation in this crucible of evolution is reaching heights unmatched in the continent's history. Many species of wildlife found here occur nowhere else, and their future wellbeing depends entirely on conserving them within Africa. There are also billions of migratory birds that breed in cool, temperate northern latitudes and migrate to Africa, where some spend most of their lives. Of these, more than ten million are waders.
Understanding how migrations are made, how they evolved and why these birds travel such great distances are subjects of extreme fascination to students of life on earth and have teased and tested the minds of scientists and philosophers for two millennia.
Whether they are dependent on wetlands or not, waders can serve as biological indicators of the ecological wellbeing of their habitats. For us to interpret what these birds show us, it is necessary that we understand how they interact with and respond to the environments in which they live.
In Waders of Southern Africa Phil Hockey, with his emphasis on explaining why they occur where they do and why they behave as they do, offers us an informative and entertaining perception of the lives of these fascinating birds. His text is enhanced by Clare Douie's full-page colour plates, as well as by the beautifully executed in-text drawings of the birds in their sensitive habitats.
1995 Hardcover in Slipcase
ISBN: 0-947430-45-8
Condition: As New
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As human populations in Africa increase unchecked, the rate of environmental degradation in this crucible of evolution is reaching heights unmatched in the continent's history. Many species of wildlife found here occur nowhere else, and their future wellbeing depends entirely on conserving them within Africa. There are also billions of migratory birds that breed in cool, temperate northern latitudes and migrate to Africa, where some spend most of their lives. Of these, more than ten million are waders.
Understanding how migrations are made, how they evolved and why these birds travel such great distances are subjects of extreme fascination to students of life on earth and have teased and tested the minds of scientists and philosophers for two millennia.
Whether they are dependent on wetlands or not, waders can serve as biological indicators of the ecological wellbeing of their habitats. For us to interpret what these birds show us, it is necessary that we understand how they interact with and respond to the environments in which they live.
In Waders of Southern Africa Phil Hockey, with his emphasis on explaining why they occur where they do and why they behave as they do, offers us an informative and entertaining perception of the lives of these fascinating birds. His text is enhanced by Clare Douie's full-page colour plates, as well as by the beautifully executed in-text drawings of the birds in their sensitive habitats.
1995 Hardcover in Slipcase
ISBN: 0-947430-45-8
Condition: As New
MB
As human populations in Africa increase unchecked, the rate of environmental degradation in this crucible of evolution is reaching heights unmatched in the continent's history. Many species of wildlife found here occur nowhere else, and their future wellbeing depends entirely on conserving them within Africa. There are also billions of migratory birds that breed in cool, temperate northern latitudes and migrate to Africa, where some spend most of their lives. Of these, more than ten million are waders.
Understanding how migrations are made, how they evolved and why these birds travel such great distances are subjects of extreme fascination to students of life on earth and have teased and tested the minds of scientists and philosophers for two millennia.
Whether they are dependent on wetlands or not, waders can serve as biological indicators of the ecological wellbeing of their habitats. For us to interpret what these birds show us, it is necessary that we understand how they interact with and respond to the environments in which they live.
In Waders of Southern Africa Phil Hockey, with his emphasis on explaining why they occur where they do and why they behave as they do, offers us an informative and entertaining perception of the lives of these fascinating birds. His text is enhanced by Clare Douie's full-page colour plates, as well as by the beautifully executed in-text drawings of the birds in their sensitive habitats.
1995 Hardcover in Slipcase
ISBN: 0-947430-45-8
Condition: As New
MB