Author : Wulf Gatter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781873403631
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (36 download)
Book Synopsis Birds of Liberia by : Wulf Gatter
Download or read book Birds of Liberia written by Wulf Gatter and published by . This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the result of 15 years of research by the author and includes a complete checklist of the birds of the region. It contains distribution maps for 400 species as well as a wealth of other ornithological information. Fresh insights are given into the impact of forest destruction on the distribution of species. There is also new information on the movement of diurnal migrants and the numbers and ecology of migrant Palearctic and Afrotropical species. Of particular interest are the recently discovered endemic species in the region of Mt. Nimba which straddles the border of Guinea and the Ivory Coast.