Pelicans, Cormorants and Allies

Bryan Nelson

Addresses the breeding biology of the 6 pelecaniform families, which comprise the closely-related core groups (pelicans, cormorants/shags, darters, gannets/boobies) and their more distant relatives, the frigatebirds and tropicbirds. Enables the reader to identify the many species that make up this large group of seabirds, and understand their breeding biology.

Many fundamental questions can be addressed through thse families - why do they breed in colonies? What are the links between their feeding methods and their reproduction? What part does territorial and pairing behaviour play in their life-cycle? There are scores of comparable issues, including those related to man, are woven into a richly interpretative text. 528 pages.

Hardback £105.00