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Whispers in the Pines
A Naturalist in the Northeast
by Dr Joanna Burger Phd
Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2006 by Rivergate Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-3794-8, ISBN: 0-8135-3794-0

"In this book, naturalist Joanna Burger takes us on a series of delightful trips through the Pine Barrens. From the Albany Pine Bush, the Long Island Barrens, and the New Jersey Pine Barrens in the Northeast, to the pinelands of South Carolina and Florida, Burger describes in lively detail how these habitats have come to harbor such a unique assemblage of species.She introduces us to amphibians and reptiles, neotropical migrants and othe ..."






The Parrot Who Owns Me(Reprint)
The Story of a Relationship
by Dr Joanna Burger Phd
Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2002 by Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN-13: 978-0-375-76025-9, ISBN: 0-375-76025-3

"Seventeen years ago, when she adopted a neglected, orphaned thirty-year-old parrot named Tiko, the internationally renowned ornithologist Joanna Burger entered one of the most complex relationships of her life. Sullen and hostile when he entered Dr. Burger’s home, Tiko gradually warmed up, courting her during mating season, nursing her vigilantly through a bout with Lyme disease, and for a while even fighting her husband for her attenti ..."






Oil Spills(1st Edition)
by Joanna Burger
Hardcover, 280 Pages, Published 1997 by Rutgers University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-2338-5, ISBN: 0-8135-2338-9

"Oil Spills is the first book to survey the history of oil spills, the problems they create, the types of clean-ups and their efficacy, the legal, social, economic, and ecological consequences of oil spills, their long-term impacts on the wildlife and people who survive them, and the alternatives to oil and its transport. Biologist Joanna Burger writes clearly and accessibly both about the catastrophic oil spills that capture the h ..."






Life Along the Delaware Bay
Cape May, Gateway to a Million Shorebirds
by Professor Joanna Burger, Lawrence Niles, Professor Amanda Dey, Kevin Kalasz, Larry Niles, David Mizrahi, Humphrey Sitters
Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2012 by Rivergate Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-5246-0, ISBN: 0-8135-5246-X

"The Delaware Bay is the second largest and most diverse bay on the East Coast. It has a rich cultural history, has played an important role in the region's commerce and tourism, and has spectacular and vital natural resources. Birdwatchers gather along its shores to watch the spectacle of thousands of spawning horseshoe crabs, the dense flocks of migrant shorebirds, the fall hawk migration, and the huge migration of monarch butterflies. ..."






Whispers in the Pines
A Naturalist in the Northeast (Rivergate Books (Hardcover))
by Joanna Burger
Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2006 by Rutgers University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-3877-8, ISBN: 0-8135-3877-7






The Black Skimmer(1st Edition)
Social Dynamics of a Colonial Species
by Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld, G. Burger
Hardcover, 355 Pages, Published 1990 by Columbia University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-231-07106-2, ISBN: 0-231-07106-X

"... the Charles and Johanna Busch Fund of Rutgers University, the Society of Sigma Xi, the National Institute of Mental Health, the Scully Science Center of the National Audubon Society, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Finally we have discussed the adaptive significance of coloniality with many people and have benefited from these discussions and from their encouragement . Among the many are Colin Beer, R. G. B. Brown, ..."






Stakeholders and Scientists
Achieving Implementable Solutions to Energy and Environmental Issues
by Joanna Burger
Hardcover, 453 Pages, Published 2011 by Springer
ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-8812-6, ISBN: 1-4419-8812-2

"Nation and the World must move forward with development of a range of energy sources and savings, all with attendant environmental problems.  Solving these problems, and those remaining from past energy-related activities, will require iteration, inclusion, and collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders, including U.S., State and local governmental agencies, Tribal Nations, scientists, environmentalists, public policy makers, and t ..."






The Common Tern
Its Breeding Biology and Social Behavior
by Dr Joanna Burger Phd, Michael Gochfield, Professor Michael Gochfeld, Joanne Burger
Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 1999 by Iuniverse
ISBN-13: 978-1-58348-110-3, ISBN: 1-58348-110-9

"Deborah Gochfeld and Maria Mikovsky helped with data entry, and Alex Gochfeld and Brook Lauro printed many of the photographs. Jorge Saliva provided line drawings of tern behavior, and Betty Green and Bobbe Philip helped in ways too numerous to mention. Extensive help with the bibliography and index was provided by Marilyn Arciszewski, Dale Bertrand, Deborah Gochfeld, Betty Green, Kevin Staine, and Kirk Waterstripe. Alex Gochfeld t ..."






Birds
A Visual Guide (Visual Guides)
by Professor Joanna Burger
Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2006 by Firefly Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-55407-177-7, ISBN: 1-55407-177-1






Behavior of Marine Animals(Reprint)
Current Perspectives in Research. Marine Birds (Volume 4)
by Dr Joanna Burger Phd, Bori L. Olla, Howard E. Winn, Joanna Burger
Paperback, 515 Pages, Published 2013 by Springer
ISBN-13: 978-1-4684-2990-9, ISBN: 1-4684-2990-6

"The maJonty of the chapters in this volume are structured to include a balance between literature review, original data, and synthesis. The research approaches taken by the authors are generallyof two kinds. One centers on the long-term, in-depth study of a single species in which many aspects of its natural history are examined in detail. The other is a comparative one which involves investigating particular questions by examining spec ..."






Biology of Marine Birds(1st Edition)
(CRC Marine Biology Series)
by Elizabeth Anne Schreiber, Joanna Burger, Eliza Schreider, Dr Joanna Burger Phd, Peter L. Lutz
Hardcover, 740 Pages, Published 2001 by Crc Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8493-9882-7, ISBN: 0-8493-9882-7

"Biology of Marine Birds provides the only complete summary of information about marine birds ever published. It both summarizes and analyzes their breeding biology, ecology, taxonomy, evolution, fossil history, physiology, energetics, and conservation. The book covers four orders of marine birds: penguins (Sphenisciformes); albatross, shearwaters, petrels (Procellariiformes); pelicans, boobies, frigatebirds, ..."






The Parrot Who Owns Me(2nd Edition)
The Story of a Relationship
by Professor Joanna Burger
Paperback, 245 Pages, Published 2001 by Villard Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-58836-027-4, ISBN: 1-58836-027-X

"That view prevailed in the scientific community until the recent discovery of Longisquama, a small, odd-looking reptile, which glided among the trees in central Asia 220 million years ago, around the time of the appearance of the first dinosaurs ..."






The Parrot Who Owns Me
The Story of a Relationship
by Joanna Burger
Paperback, Published 2001 by Villard Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-9653040-5-4, ISBN: 0-9653040-5-1






Protecting the Commons(2nd Edition)
A Framework For Resource Management In The Americas
by Elinor Ostrom, David Policansky, Richard Norgaard, Dr. Joanna Burger Phd, Bernard D. Goldstein, Richard B. Norgaard
Paperback, 328 Pages, Published 2001 by Island Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-55963-738-1, ISBN: 1-55963-738-2

"Commons -- lands, waters, and resources that are not legally owned and controlled by a single private entity, such as ocean and coastal areas, the atmosphere, public lands, freshwater aquifers, and migratory species -- are an increasingly contentious issue in resource management and international affairs."Protecting the Commons" provides an important analytical framework for understanding commons issues and for designing policies to dea ..."






Stakeholders and Scientists
Achieving Implementable Solutions to Energy and Environmental Issues
by Joanna Burger
Paperback, Published 2014 by Springer 2014-10-01
ISBN-13: 978-1-4899-8900-0, ISBN: 1-4899-8900-5






Behavior of Marine Animals
Current Perspectives in Research. Marine Birds
by Joanna Burger, Bori L. Olla, Howard E. Winn
515 Pages, Published 2013 by Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN-13: 978-1-4684-2988-6, ISBN: 1-4684-2988-4

"Current Perspectives in Research. Marine Birds Joanna Burger, Bori L. Olla, Howard E. Winn. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Winn, Howard Elliott, 1926Behavior of marine animals. Vol. ... J. Burger, B. L. Olla, and H. E. Winn. Includes bibliographies and index. CONTENTS: v. 1. Invertebrates. - v . 4. Marine birds. 1. Marine fauna - Behavior. ... No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, ..."






Birds - A Visual Guide
by Joanna Burger
Hardcover, Published 2012 by The Five Mile Press, Australia
ISBN-13: 978-1-74300-962-8, ISBN: 1-74300-962-3






Stakeholders and Scientists
Achieving Implementable Solutions to Energy and Environmental Issues
by Joanna Burger
453 Pages, Published 2011 by Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-8813-3, ISBN: 1-4419-8813-0

"Chris Jeitner, Larry Niles, Brian Palestis, Carl Safina, Jorge Saliva, David Shealer , and Nellie Tsipoura. I could not have finished this work without the help of Taryn Pittfield and Chris Jeitner who helped with many phases of this book, and of course, without the authors themselves. Several ornithological colleagues have shared discussions over the years, including Bert Murray, Charlie Leck, Ted Stiles, Dee Boersma, B.A. Schreibe ..."






Macmillan Visual Guide
Birds
by Joanna Burger
Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2006
ISBN-13: 978-1-4050-3719-8, ISBN: 1-4050-3719-9

"This book traces the evolution, explains avian biology and behavior and describes the ways in which birds adapted to sometimes inhospitable habitats."






Marine Biology Ser.
Biology of Marine Birds
by Elizabeth Anne Schreiber, Joanna Burger
740 Pages, Published 2001 by Crc Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-4200-3630-5, ISBN: 1-4200-3630-0

"A confounding effect of reproductive performance and individual quality on divorce remains possible, i.e., poor-quality individuals not only have low breeding success, but they also fail to retain their mates (Perrins and McCleery 1985, Ens et al. 1996; but see Lindén 1991). Other factors, albeit of lesser importance, ... Sabbatical years may represent an important cause of divorce in Cory's Shearwater (Mougin et al. 1987a, b). Som ..."



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