| ISBN |
0393608905 (hardcover)
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| ISBN13桁 |
9780393608908 (hardcover)
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| 無効なISBN等 |
9780393608915 (epub)
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| テキストの言語 |
英語
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| 分類：NDC10版 |
488.1
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| 個人著者標目 |
Weidensaul, Scott.
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| 本タイトル |
A world on the wing :
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| タイトル関連情報 |
the global odyssey of migratory birds /
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| 著者名 |
Scott Weidensaul.
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| 版表示 |
First edition.
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| 出版地・頒布地 |
New York, NY :
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| 出版者・頒布者名 |
W. W. Norton & Company,
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| 出版年・頒布年 |
[2021],
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| 数量 |
385 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
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| 他の形態的事項 |
color illustrations, maps ;
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| 大きさ |
25 cm
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| 書誌注記 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [353]-373) and index.
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| 内容注記 |
Prologue -- Spoonies -- Quantum leap -- We used to think -- Big data, big trouble -- Hangover -- Tearing up the calendar -- Aguiluchos redux -- Off the shelf -- To hide from God -- Eninum -- Epilogue.
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| 要約、抄録、注釈等 |
An exhilarating exploration of the science and wonder of global bird migration. In the past two decades, our understanding of the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans, fly above the highest mountains, or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch has exploded. What we've learned of these key migrations - how billions of birds circumnavigate the globe, flying tens of thousands of miles between hemispheres on an annual basis - is nothing short of extraordinary. Bird migration entails almost unfathomable endurance, like a sparrow-sized sandpiper that will fly nonstop from Canada to Venezuela - the equivalent of running 126 consecutive marathons without food, water, or rest - avoiding dehydration by "drinking" moisture from its own muscles and organs, while orienting itself using the earth's magnetic field through a form of quantum entanglement that made Einstein queasy. Crossing the Pacific Ocean in nine days of nonstop flight, as some birds do, leaves little time for sleep, but migrants can put half their brains to sleep for a few seconds at a time, alternating sides - and their reaction time actually improves. These and other revelations convey both the wonder of bird migration and its global sweep, from the mudflats of the Yellow Sea in China to the remote mountains of northeastern India to the dusty hills of southern Cyprus. This breathtaking work of nature writing from Pulitzer Prize finalist Scott Weidensaul also introduces readers to those scientists, researchers, and bird lovers trying to preserve global migratory patterns in the face of climate change and other environmental challenges. Drawing on his own extensive fieldwork, in A World on the Wing Weidensaul unveils with dazzling prose the miracle of nature taking place over our heads.--From dust jacket.
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| 一般件名 |
Birds -- Migration.
Migratory birds. |
| 資料情報1 |
『A world on the wing :
the global odyssey of migratory birds /』First edition. Scott Weidensaul. W. W. Norton & Company, [2021],
（所蔵館：中央
請求記号：F/488.1/W41/W
資料コード：7114685106）
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| URL |
https://catalog.library.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/winj/opac/switch-detail.do?lang=ja&bibid=1352051589 |
