附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-226) and index.
Chapter 1. The northern wood ducks together in the wild -- chapter 2. The abundance, decline and recovery of the wood duck -- chapter 3. The home and habits of the wood duck -- chapter 4. The world of the mandarin: Russian Ussuriland; China; Japan; Great Britain -- chapter 5. The mandarin in art and literature -- chapter 6. Conservation -- appendices: Nestbox program for wood ducks or mandarin; Banding mandarin in the Far East -- resources: Bibliography; Organizations.
摘要:This is a story of conservation as told through the natural histories of two of the world's most beautiful and fascinating birds. Of the more than one hundred species of ducks in the world, the Wood Duck of North America and the Mandarin of Asia are among the most magnificent in appearance and the most remarkable in behavior. The only two species in their genus, these two Northern Wood Ducks breed, nest, and winter in the northern hemisphere, seeking out protective. , Forests, quiet rivers, and secluded lakes. The Wood Duck and the Mandarin, the first book ever devoted to these two species, tracks both throughout the seasons and across diverse terrain.
