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A complete guide to Arctic wildlife /

by Sale, Richard,
Additional authors: Michelsen, Per.
Published by : Firefly Books, (Buffalo, N.Y. ; | Richmond Hill, Ont. :) Physical details: 464 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 26 cm. ISBN:155407178X (bound); 9781554071784 (bound).
Subject(s): Birds -- Arctic regions | Mammals -- Arctic regions | Animals -- Arctic regions | Natural history -- Arctic regions. | Animaux -- Arctique.
Year: 2006
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Item type Current location Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
500 - 599 591.7586 Sal (Browse shelf) Available Book Fund 90432

Includes index.

Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Defining the Arctic -- Arctic geology -- The Arctic climate -- Humans in the Arctic -- Arctic habitats -- Adaptations for Arctic life -- Speciation and biogeography -- The fragile Arctic -- How to use the field guides -- Field guide to Arctic birds -- Loons -- Grebes -- Albatrosses, petrels and allies -- Cormorants -- Wildfowl -- Swans -- Geese -- Ducks -- Raptors -- Grouse -- Cranes -- Waders -- Plovers -- Stints and sandpipers -- Snipes and dowitchers -- Curlews, godwits and allies -- Turnstones -- Phalaropes -- Skuas -- Gulls -- Terns -- Auks -- Owls -- Kingfishers -- Larks -- Swallows -- Pipits and wagtails -- Thrushes and chats -- Warblers, tits and chickadees -- Crows -- New World warblers -- New World sparrows and buntings -- Finches --

Field guide to Arctic mammals -- Shrews -- Rodents -- Lagomorphs -- Ungulates -- Carnivores -- Dogs -- Bears -- Cats -- Mustelids -- Pinnipeds -- Cetaceans -- A visitor's guide to the Arctic -- Index.

Chiefly a field guide to Arctic birds and mammals.