THE EUROPEAN WOODCOCK (SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA L.): REPORT ON A SEARCH OF THE LITERATURE SINCE 1940. By Monica Shorten. Game Conservancy Report No. 21. Shooting booklet.

Language: English

Published by The Game Conservancy. Fordingbridge, Hampshire. 1974

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1974). 1974 1st edition. Stapled paperback (147 x 210mm). Pp93 + 3pp notes. B/w photographs and illustrations, maps, 11 page bibliography. Staples slightly rusty but a very good copy. This is a detailed review of research published up to time of going to press in the UK, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Chapters include: The European woodcock; Description; Moult; Age determination; Sex determination; Evolution; Classification; Distribution - world range, breeding distribution, wandering and wintering, breeding distribution and status in various countries, distribution and changes in status in the British Isles and Ireland; Feeding; Breeding - roding, pairing, nest, egg-laying, incubation, egg loss, number of broods; Growth and development; mortality; Parasites; Habitat; Migration - Britain and Ireland, other countries; The ringing of woodcock; Shooting records - Britain and Ireland, other countries; population structure and maintenance - sex ratio, age structure, longevity, productivity, life equations; Management and conservation; International co-operation; 11 page bibliography (in small type). Essential reading for anyone planning or carrying out research in to woodcock, or indeed even writing an essay or dissertation on the subject. .…

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Title
THE EUROPEAN WOODCOCK (SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA L.): REPORT ON A SEARCH OF THE LITERATURE SINCE 1940. By Monica Shorten. Game Conservancy Report No. 21. Shooting booklet.
Author
Game Conservancy / Shorten (Monica).
Publisher
The Game Conservancy. Fordingbridge, Hampshire. 1974
Binding
Soft cover
Language
English
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1901369110
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9781901369113
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PAUL MORGAN IS A LEADING DEALER in scarce, out-of-print & new books on fishing and field sports. Paul has developed this business over more than forty years. His business, Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., carries the world's largest range of books on fishing and field sports, sporting guns and dogs, deer, big game hunting & falconry. Coch-y-Bonddu Books is also a noted publisher of fine sporting works, as well as being the custodian of the famous Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint. Under Paul's editorial direction, the list of titles available under both his Coch-y- Bonddu Books imprint and the Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint grows by the month. Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., incorporated in the United Kingdom, Company No. 04636991. Registered address: 15 Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AG. Business and correspondence Address: 13 Heol Pentrerhedyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8DG.…

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