Author: Piersma, Theunis.
Title: Close to the edge : energetic bottlenecks and the evolution of migratory pathways in Knots.
Description: Den Burg : Het Open Boek, 1994. Paperback. 366 pp. lustrations (some color). maps 28 cm. Proefschrift Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - Study on the red knot (Calidris canutus) (just knot in English-speaking Europe), a medium-sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is a large member of the Calidris sandpipers, second only to the great knot. Six subspecies are recognised. ISBN 9789070202200.

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