R P Balda (11 results)

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Condition: Good. This hardcover is an ex-library with typical marks; else, very good. Binding is tight. Covers clean. Pages appear bright and unmarked. Ships FAST! Bringing good books to happy readers since 2002.

Paperback. Condition: New. Species account number 605 in the Birds of North America Life Histories for the 21st Century series. In 1992 the American Ornithologists' Union in partnership with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia undertook the publication of species accounts for each of the more than 700 species which breed in the United States and Canada. These illustrated reviews provide comprehensive summaries of the current knowledge of the species, with range maps and an extensive list of references. The series is finally complete, in 716 parts. Accounts are 8 ½ x 11 booklets.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN:9780120770304. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Very lightly used. Very slight crease to top of DJ, otherwise very crisp, clean and bright inside and out.

Hardcover, 24 cm, 465 pp. Cond.: zeer goed / very good. ISBN: 012077030x.

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Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. pp.xxi, 317 with b/w. photos., illus.& text figs. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw., with gently sunned spine. Detailed monograph on this fascinating North American bird. It has a complex breeding system, with non-parental helpers at the nest, and a highly developed food-hoarding behaviour.…

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 484 pages. 9.02x5.94x1.09 inches. In Stock.

[0-19-854860-5] 1996. (Hardcover) Fine, no dust jacket. 420pp. Tables, charts, diagrams, illustrations, notes, indices. "The idea for this book arose from an attempt to comprehend the evolution and maintenance of long-term monogamy in geese and swans, species in which mates maintain contact all day, each season, often for life. Somehow these pair members stay together in large foraging flocks and during gruelling migrations. The stimulus behind the book was sheer intrigue about the possible link between the partners' team work and reproductive performance and why this lifestyle varies across species" - from the 1995 Preface by Jeffrey Black. Book about Monogamy. Contributors include Frank Adriaensen, Russell P. Balda, T. R. Birkhead, Stuart Bradley, Sharmila Choudhury, Andre Desrochers, Andre A. Dhondt, Steven D. Emslie, Bruno J. Ens, John W. Fitzpatrick, Patricia Adair Gowaty, Susan Hannon, Pia Lievesley, Frank McKinney, Elizabeth B. McLaren. Illustrations by Mark Hulme. Publisher series: Oxford Ornithology Series 6. (Natural History, Birds, Essays, Migration, Natural History, Ornithology, Wildlife). …