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The first part of this book follows the life cycle of the pheasant from mating and egg-laying to the production of the young; part two considers effects, successes, and failures of releasing artificially raised birds. Extensive references. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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Pheasant : Ecology, Management and Conservation
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Wiley & Sons, Limited, John, 1988
ISBN 10: 0632020113
ISBN 13: 9780632020119
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The Pheasant. Ecology, Management and Conservation.
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Oxford: BSP Professional Books Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1988
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Fine. First edition. HB. Maroon cloth lettered in gilt to spine, and pictorial dustjacket from painting by Esdaile Hudson. lettered in blue on grey paper. 281pp. With four page of colour photo illustrations in plates including a beautiful painting by Esdaile Hudson, 15 b&w photos in plates, figures in text and chapter heading illustrations by Hudson. This copy belonged to the professional ecologist and ornithologist Bryan Sage: his bookplate inside front cover. Fine in Fine jacket. Seller Inventory # 29997
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The Pheasant: Ecology, Management and Conservation
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BSP Professional, Oxford, 1988
ISBN 10: 0632020113
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, xii + 281pp + 4 pages of colour plates, 16 b&w photographs and 93 figures in text, NOT ex-library. Minor wear, book is clean and bright with unmarked text and firm binding, free of inscriptions and stamps. Bright untorn dust jacket shows light wear. -- A monograph on the most widely distributed gamebird in the world, written from scientific evidence from a number of countries but concentrating on the authors own intensive research, showing population processes, habitat selection, seasonal changes in their ecology, and discussing the importance to the fabric of the countryside. The past, present and future prospects of conservation management in its broadest context are investigated. Extensive references. Seller Inventory # 003970
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THE PHEASANT: ECOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION. By David Hill and Peter Robertson.
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BSP Professional Books. Oxford. 1988, 1988
ISBN 10: 0632020113
ISBN 13: 9780632020119
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1988 ). 1988 1st edition. Large 8vo (165 x 240mm). Ppxii,281. B/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Dark red boards, spine titled in gilt. Edges quite browned, marks to end-papers, corners bumped. Good copy in tanned and frayed dust-wrapper. A scholarly, comprehensive, but very readable, study of the ecology of the pheasant and its practical implications for gamekeepers and managers of shoots. Chapters include: Introduction - native range and subspecies, introductions outside its native range; Study areas and techniques; During the winter - family groups, diet and starvation, segregation of the sexes, group size and structure, habitat selection, habitat and overwinter survival, predation; Finding mates - post-winter dispersal, males territories and aggression, harems, courtship, choosing and mate; Clutches - selecting a place to nest, home ranges of laying females, laying dates and the numbers of eggs, dumping eggs in the nests of others, behaviour during incubation period, predation during nesting, renesting; Broods; Reared pheasants in the wild - techniques for rearing, releasing strategy and woodlands, releasing, survival, overwinter and pre-breeding ecology, breeding success of hand-reared birds, nature or nurture?; Shooting and its effect on populations; Management - past present and future, management in the USA; Bridging the gap - survey of landowners, the popular conservation movement, economics of woodland management for pheasants, woodland conservation, conservation in cereal fields, winter feeding, conservation conflicts, site safeguards and game conservation. . Seller Inventory # 48538
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THE PHEASANT: ECOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION. By David Hill and Peter Robertson.
Published by
BSP Professional Books. Oxford. 1988, 1988
ISBN 10: 0632020113
ISBN 13: 9780632020119
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1988 ). 1988 1st edition. Large 8vo (165 x 240mm). Ppxii,281. B/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Dark red boards, spine titled in gilt. Slightly bumped and used. "Borders College Duns" stamp to half-title, but no other stamps or marks. Good-plus in like dust-wrapper. A scholarly, comprehensive, but very readable, study of the ecology of the pheasant and its practical implications for gamekeepers and managers of shoots. Chapters include: Introduction - native range and subspecies, introductions outside its native range; Study areas and techniques; During the winter - family groups, diet and starvation, segregation of the sexes, group size and structure, habitat selection, habitat and overwinter survival, predation; Finding mates - post-winter dispersal, males territories and aggression, harems, courtship, choosing and mate; Clutches - selecting a place to nest, home ranges of laying females, laying dates and the numbers of eggs, dumping eggs in the nests of others, behaviour during incubation period, predation during nesting, renesting; Broods; Reared pheasants in the wild - techniques for rearing, releasing strategy and woodlands, releasing, survival, overwinter and pre-breeding ecology, breeding success of hand-reared birds, nature or nurture?; Shooting and its effect on populations; Management - past present and future, management in the USA; Bridging the gap - survey of landowners, the popular conservation movement, economics of woodland management for pheasants, woodland conservation, conservation in cereal fields, winter feeding, conservation conflicts, site safeguards and game conservation. . Seller Inventory # 25082
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THE PHEASANT: ECOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION. By David Hill and Peter Robertson.
Published by
BSP Professional Books. Oxford. 1988, 1988
ISBN 10: 0632020113
ISBN 13: 9780632020119
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1988 ). 1988 1st edition. Large 8vo (165 x 240mm). Ppxii,281. B/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Dark red boards, spine titled in gilt. Spine bumped. Good copy in used dust-wrapper. Author's inscription to front end-paper. A scholarly, comprehensive, but very readable, study of the ecology of the pheasant and its practical implications for gamekeepers and managers of shoots. Chapters include: Introduction - native range and subspecies, introductions outside its native range; Study areas and techniques; During the winter - family groups, diet and starvation, segregation of the sexes, group size and structure, habitat selection, habitat and overwinter survival, predation; Finding mates - post-winter dispersal, males territories and aggression, harems, courtship, choosing and mate; Clutches - selecting a place to nest, home ranges of laying females, laying dates and the numbers of eggs, dumping eggs in the nests of others, behaviour during incubation period, predation during nesting, renesting; Broods; Reared pheasants in the wild - techniques for rearing, releasing strategy and woodlands, releasing, survival, overwinter and pre-breeding ecology, breeding success of hand-reared birds, nature or nurture?; Shooting and its effect on populations; Management - past present and future, management in the USA; Bridging the gap - survey of landowners, the popular conservation movement, economics of woodland management for pheasants, woodland conservation, conservation in cereal fields, winter feeding, conservation conflicts, site safeguards and game conservation. . Seller Inventory # 37934
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The Pheasant: ecology, management and conservation
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BSP Professional Books, London, 1988
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THE PHEASANT: ECOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION. By David Hill and Peter Robertson.
Published by
BSP Professional Books. Oxford. 1988, 1988
ISBN 10: 0632020113
ISBN 13: 9780632020119
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1988 ). 1988 1st edition. Large 8vo (165 x 240mm). Ppxii,281. B/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Dark red boards, spine titled in gilt. Slightly bumped but good-plus in slightly frayed dust-wrapper. A scholarly, comprehensive, but very readable, study of the ecology of the pheasant and its practical implications for gamekeepers and managers of shoots. Chapters include: Introduction - native range and subspecies, introductions outside its native range; Study areas and techniques; During the winter - family groups, diet and starvation, segregation of the sexes, group size and structure, habitat selection, habitat and overwinter survival, predation; Finding mates - post-winter dispersal, males territories and aggression, harems, courtship, choosing and mate; Clutches - selecting a place to nest, home ranges of laying females, laying dates and the numbers of eggs, dumping eggs in the nests of others, behaviour during incubation period, predation during nesting, renesting; Broods; Reared pheasants in the wild - techniques for rearing, releasing strategy and woodlands, releasing, survival, overwinter and pre-breeding ecology, breeding success of hand-reared birds, nature or nurture?; Shooting and its effect on populations; Management - past present and future, management in the USA; Bridging the gap - survey of landowners, the popular conservation movement, economics of woodland management for pheasants, woodland conservation, conservation in cereal fields, winter feeding, conservation conflicts, site safeguards and game conservation. . Seller Inventory # 22956
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THE PHEASANT: ECOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION. By David Hill and Peter Robertson.
Published by
BSP Professional Books. Oxford. 1988, 1988
ISBN 10: 0632020113
ISBN 13: 9780632020119
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1988 ). 1988 1st edition. Large 8vo (165 x 240mm). Ppxii,281. B/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Dark red boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight bump to lower corners else very good in like dust-wrapper. A scholarly, comprehensive, but very readable, study of the ecology of the pheasant and its practical implications for gamekeepers and managers of shoots. Chapters include: Introduction - native range and subspecies, introductions outside its native range; Study areas and techniques; During the winter - family groups, diet and starvation, segregation of the sexes, group size and structure, habitat selection, habitat and overwinter survival, predation; Finding mates - post-winter dispersal, males territories and aggression, harems, courtship, choosing and mate; Clutches - selecting a place to nest, home ranges of laying females, laying dates and the numbers of eggs, dumping eggs in the nests of others, behaviour during incubation period, predation during nesting, renesting; Broods; Reared pheasants in the wild - techniques for rearing, releasing strategy and woodlands, releasing, survival, overwinter and pre-breeding ecology, breeding success of hand-reared birds, nature or nurture?; Shooting and its effect on populations; Management - past present and future, management in the USA; Bridging the gap - survey of landowners, the popular conservation movement, economics of woodland management for pheasants, woodland conservation, conservation in cereal fields, winter feeding, conservation conflicts, site safeguards and game conservation. . Seller Inventory # 38531
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THE PHEASANT: ECOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION. By David Hill and Peter Robertson.
Published by
BSP Professional Books. Oxford. 1988, 1988
ISBN 10: 0632020113
ISBN 13: 9780632020119
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1988 ). 1988 1st edition. Large 8vo (165 x 240mm). Ppxii,281. B/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Dark red boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. A scholarly, comprehensive, but very readable, study of the ecology of the pheasant and its practical implications for gamekeepers and managers of shoots. Chapters include: Introduction - native range and subspecies, introductions outside its native range; Study areas and techniques; During the winter - family groups, diet and starvation, segregation of the sexes, group size and structure, habitat selection, habitat and overwinter survival, predation; Finding mates - post-winter dispersal, males territories and aggression, harems, courtship, choosing and mate; Clutches - selecting a place to nest, home ranges of laying females, laying dates and the numbers of eggs, dumping eggs in the nests of others, behaviour during incubation period, predation during nesting, renesting; Broods; Reared pheasants in the wild - techniques for rearing, releasing strategy and woodlands, releasing, survival, overwinter and pre-breeding ecology, breeding success of hand-reared birds, nature or nurture?; Shooting and its effect on populations; Management - past present and future, management in the USA; Bridging the gap - survey of landowners, the popular conservation movement, economics of woodland management for pheasants, woodland conservation, conservation in cereal fields, winter feeding, conservation conflicts, site safeguards and game conservation. . Seller Inventory # 5210
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