Wild Geese of the World: Their Life History and Ecology (236P)

This large 236 page book is well illustrated with eight color plates, 25 black and white line illustrations, 25 distribution maps and 30 charts. Dr. Owen has drawn widely on a multitude of sources including his own research to provide a comprehensive and systematic account of our present knowledge about wild geese, the life cycle and the ways in which they adapt to the changing environment. The species in their variations are fully described in the first part of the book, through summaries of the known details of for example summer and winter distribution, numbers, migration, breeding habits, food, plumage, identification and aging. Many of these aspects are illustrated by the accompanying line drawings, maps and tables. The second part of the book synthesizes and analyzes such aspects as the social and sexual behavior of geese, summer biology, population dynamics, conservation and exploitation.