Research Catalog

Title

Peterson reference guide to woodpeckers of North America / Stephen A. Shunk.

Author

Shunk, Stephen A.

Publication

• Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2016]
• ©2016

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Roger Tory Peterson Institute.
• National Wildlife Federation.

Description

xi, 298 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps; 26 cm

Series Statement

Peterson reference guide series

Uniform Title

Peterson reference guide series.

Alternative Title

Woodpeckers of North America

Subject

• Woodpeckers > North America > Pictorial works

Note

• "Sponsored by the Roger Tory Peterson Institute and the National Wildlife Federation.
• Labelled diagrams of external woodpecker anatomy and of bird wing on endpapers.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (264-293) and index.

Contents

Introduction. Anatomy and adaptation ; Behavior ; Ecology and conservation ; How to use this book -- Species accounts -- Appendix 1. Measurements of North American woodpeckers -- Appendix 2. Nest site data for North American woodpeckers -- Appendix 3. Parenting data for North American woodpeckers -- Appendix 4. The woodpecker "family tree" -- Appendix 5. Woodpecker conflicts with humans -- Glossary.

Call Number

JBF 17-458

ISBN

• 9780618739950
• 0618739955

OCLC

913924491

Author

Shunk, Stephen A., author.

Title

Peterson reference guide to woodpeckers of North America / Stephen A. Shunk.

Publisher

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2016]

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Peterson reference guide series

Peterson reference guide series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (264-293) and index.

Added Author

Roger Tory Peterson Institute.

National Wildlife Federation.

Research Call Number

JBF 17-458