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The Adelie Penguin, Bellwether of Climate Change
by David Ainley • Lucia deLeris (Illustrator)
- NATURAL HISTORY
- 2002
- HARD COVER
- 310 PAGES
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A comprehensive survey of the ecology, biology and behavior of the Adelie by a long-time researcher. The book, a summary of research, includes chapters on Marine Ecology, Size And Distribution of Breeding Populations, Annual Cycles, Breeding Success, and Predation. Ainely concludes with a chapter on trends in the penguin populaton as a an indicator of the extent of sea ice formation and climatic change. With illustrations by the talented Lucia deleris, black-and-white photographs by the author and numerous charts and tables. This book is, in part, an update of Ainley's earlier Breeding Biology of the Ademiel Penguin, which he wrote with Bill Sladen and Robert LeResche.
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