Search Results: peregrine falcon populations their biology and by hickey joseph j

Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. This book is the result of a 1965 international conference sponsored by the University of Wisconsin on the collapse of the peregrine falcon population on two continents. Once the prized favorite of medieval falconers, the peregrine wild population was catastrophically declining by the early 1960s. The collapse also hit eagles and other raptors, probably caused by DDT. No previous owner marks. Text, photographs, maps, and charts all clean. Contains 32 pages of B&W photographs. This book is used and has been read. Minor to moderate foxing to page edges, heaviest on side page edges. Both ends of spine and all corners bumped. Some small loss of cloth at corners. Dust Jacket spine soiled and rippled. Minor to moderate soiling to DJ front and rear covers. Both ends of DJ spine have small tears. All DJ corners have small tears. Ships same or next business day well… Read More

Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1969. 596 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H). B&w tables, graphs, maps, photographs. "(D)escribes a contemporary ecological disaster and the search to explain it. Its extensive analysis offers, on the one hand, an unusual landmark in population biology and, on the other, perhaps the requiem of a species. Once the prized favorite of medieval falconers, the cosmopolitan peregrine falcon was, until quite recently, a remarkably successful example of avian evolution. By the early 1960's, however, peregrine populations were catastrophically declining on two continents. Other raptors were mysteriously and rapidly decreasing too. In an effort to establish the cause or causes of these unprecedented events, an international conference of scientists, naturalists, and conservationists was convened at the University of Wisconsin in 1965. (This book) summarizes the proceedings of this conference and the enormous pool of unpublished population data that these… Read More

University of Wisconsin Press, 1969. Photos, maps, 596 pp. Dust jacket yellowed, few small rip. Now in a protective Brodart cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

University of Wisconsin Press, 1969-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!