Author: DAVIS, Lloyd S. & DARBY, John T. eds.
Title: Penguin Biology.
Description: Academic Press, 1990. Hardcover. A touch of foxing to edges, otherwise very good condition. No dustjacket. Includes sections on breeding biology, foraging, energetics, behaviour and taxonomy. Papers include: Courtship period of Adelie, Gentoo and Chinstrap Penguins; Foraging Ecology of Breeding Spheniscus Penguoins; Diers and Dietary Segregation of Crested Penguins ( Eudyptes); Energetics of Molt in Penguins; Water, sodium and energy turnover in free-living penguins; An analysis of communications during the aggressive interactions of Little Blue Penguins ( Eudptula) etc. 467pp. ISBN 012206335X.

Keywords: biology ecology penguin theory ornithology animal behaviour physiology marine zoology antarctic