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008			140613s2012 enka 001 0 eng d
015			_aGBB1B6311 _2bnb
020			_a9781408157251 (hbk.) :
020			_a140815725X (hbk.) :
040			_aStDuBDS _beng _cStDuBDS _dUk
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084			_a598.168 _bHUM-E
100	1		_aHume, Julian P. _q(Julian Pender)
245	1	0	_aExtinct birds _h[Book] / _cJulian P. Hume, Michael Walters.
260			_aLondon : _bT. & A. D. Poyser, _c2012.
300			_a544 p. : _bill. ; _c26 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
520			_aThis is the first comprehensive review of the hundreds of bird species and subspecies that have become extinct over the last 1,000 years of habitat degradation, over-hunting and rat introduction. Covering both familiar icons of extinction as well as more obscure birds, some known from just one specimen or from traveller's tales, the book also looks at hundreds of species from the subfossil record - birds that disappeared without ever being recorded. Julian Hume and Michael Walters recreate these lost birds in stunning detail, bringing together an up to date review of the literature for every species. From Great Auks, Carolina Parakeets and Dodos to the amazing yet completely vanished bird radiations of Hawaii and New Zealand, via rafts of extinctions in the Pacific and elsewhere, this book is both a sumptuous reference and an amazing testament to humanity's impact on birds. A direct replacement for Greenway's seminal 1958 title Extinct and Vanishing Birds, this book will be the standard reference on the subject for generations to come.
650		0	_aExtinct birds.
700	1		_aWalters, Michael, _d1942-
852			_p48183 _98360.40 _vAdvance Publications _dBooks
999			_c15655 _d15655