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The Birds of the Western Palearctic
2 Volume Set: Volume 1, Non-Passerines; Volume 2, Passerines
by David William Snow, Contributor-Robert Gillmor, Christopher M. Perrins, Christopher Perrins, C. M. Perrins, Contributor-Brian Hillcoat, Contributor-Dorothy Vincent, C. S. Roselaar, M. G. Wilson
Hardcover, 1,830 Pages, Published 1998 by Oxford University Press
Abridged, Box Set
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-854099-1, ISBN: 0-19-854099-X

"Here is the distilled esence of the definitive account of the birds of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa - BWP, as it is generally known to thousands of users. The abridgement has been made by members of the original editorial team under the general supervision of Professor C.M. Perrins of Oxford, who has acted as Consultant Editor. Dr. D.W. Snow has condensed the original text with masterly skill, retaining all the essential ..."

Biologists in the Age of Totalitarianism(1st Edition)
by Eugeniusz Nowak, Brian Hillcoat
Hardcover, 375 Pages, Published 2018 by Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Unabridged
ISBN-13: 978-1-5275-1099-9, ISBN: 1-5275-1099-9

"This fascinating volume resulted from one mans frustration with the series of whitewashed obituaries and laudations he had to endure in his long career in West Germany. These were often of biologists who had worked in the Third Reich, a period generally skipped over in such eulogies. Dr Eugeniusz Nowak, born in Poland in 1933, therefore decided to do some historical research of his own. His series of controversial alternative biographie ..."

Reed Warblers(1st Edition)
Diversity in a Uniform Bird Family
by Bernd Leisler, Karl Schulze-Hagen, Brian Hillcoat, Marie-Anne Martin, David Quinn, Richard A. Linenthal
Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2011 by Knnv Uitgeverij
ISBN-13: 978-90-5011-391-5, ISBN: 90-5011-391-5

"To the untrained eye, all reed warblers may look alike. Anyone who takes a closer look will quickly realize that there is in fact an amazing spectrum of different ecological and adaptive strategies across the world's 53 species. Members of the reed warbler family have been models for this diversity in a large number of biological studies of avian lifestyles. Many of these have resulted in outstanding findings and set new standards in be ..."

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