The new atlas of Australian birds / Geoff Barrett ... [et al.].
Material type:
TextPublication details: Hawthorn East, Vic. : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 2003.Description: 824 p. : chiefly maps ; 32 cmISBN: - 1875122095 :
- Australian birds
- Birds -- Conservation -- Australia
- Bird populations -- Australia -- Maps
- Birds
- Birds -- Australia -- Geographical distribution -- Maps
- Birds -- Australia -- Geographical distribution
- Birds -- Geographical distribution
- Oiseaux -- Distribution géographique -- Australie
- Vögel
- Birds -- Geographical distribution
- Birds -- Australia -- Maps
- Birds -- Australia
- Australien
- Australia
- Birds
- Maps and atlases
- 598.0994 21
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | State Botanical Collection | RBG | 598.0994 NEW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | RBG00024112 |
Includes index.
Bibliography.
Introduction -- 'The new atlas of Australian birds' (1998-2002) -- Methods and rationale -- Summary of data -- The book --The next atlas -- Species accounts -- Uncommon and vagrant species -- Birds of offshore islands and territories -- Unrecorded species -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Appendices: 1. Atlas kit : instructions to atlasers -- 2. Survey coverage -- 3. Method for calculating adjusted reporting rates for each 1⁰ grid -- 4. Comparisons between the two atlases -- 5. Bird-habitat relationships -- Index.
This comprehensive atlas presents 4,000 distribution maps for over 650 different bird species, including seasonal changes and breeding range. Change maps are also presented for 250 species, identifying those that are more common or less common since the first atlas was completed 20 years ago.
RBG copy donated by Margaret Aston, June 2021.
