Research Catalog

Title

North American owls : biology and natural history / Paul A. Johnsgard.

Author

Johnsgard, Paul A.

Publication

Washington [D.C.] : Smithsonian Institution Press, [2002], ©2002.

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Description

xiii, 298 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 27 cm

Summary

• "Paul Johnsgard has completely updated his highly praised 1988 edition of North American Owls, and by adding twelve species of Mexican owls he now covers the entire continent of North America.".
• "This second edition presents updated information, new and modified figures and range maps, and twelve new color plates, including illustrations of Mexican owls. The number of citations has nearly doubled to 900, reflecting more than a decade's worth of scientific inquiry and discovery. As with the original North American Owls, this second edition will become the standard work in the field."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Hiboux > Amérique du Nord
• Owls > North America

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-293) and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. Comparative Biology of Owls -- Ch. 1. Evolution and Classification of North American Owls -- Ch. 2. Comparative Ecology and Distribution -- Ch. 3. Comparative Morphology and Physiology -- Ch. 4. Comparative Behavior -- Ch. 5. Comparative Reproductive Biology -- Ch. 6. Owls in Myth and Legend -- Pt. 2. Natural Histories of North American Owls -- Family Tytonidae -- Family Strigidae. App. 1. Key to Genera and Species of North American Owls (Exclusive of Strictly Mexican Species) -- App. 2. Advertisement and Other Typical Calls of Non-Mexican North American Owls -- App. 3. Origins of Scientific and Vernacular Names of North American Owls.

ISBN

1560989394 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2002021015

OCLC

• ocm48943959
• SCSB-4329045

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries