Sale, Richard,

A complete guide to Arctic wildlife / Arctic wildlife Richard Sale ; photographs by Per Michelsen and Richard Sale. - Buffalo, N.Y. ; Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books, 2006. - 464 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 26 cm.

Includes index.

Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Defining the Arctic -- Arctic geology -- Arctic climate -- Humans in the Arctic -- Arctic habitats -- Adaptations for Arctic life -- Speciation and biogeography -- 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 -- The The Field guide to Arctic mammals -- Shrews -- Rodents -- Lagomorphs -- Ungulates -- Carnivores -- Dogs -- Bears -- Cats -- Mustelids -- Pinnipeds -- Cetaceans -- visitor's guide to the Arctic -- Index. A

Chiefly a field guide to Arctic birds and mammals.

155407178X (bound) 9781554071784 (bound)


Birds--Arctic regions
Mammals--Arctic regions
Animals--Arctic regions
Natural history--Arctic regions.
Animaux--Arctique.

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