A field guide to the wildlife of South Georgia /
South Georgia is rich in wildlife and spectacular scenery, and it is a prime destination spot on most Antarctic tours. This beautifully illustrated field guide depicts the birds, mammals, insects, flowering plants, and other vegetation found in this unique part of the world. It features 368 full-col...
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press : South Georgia Heritage Trust
©2012.
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| سلاسل: | WildGuides.
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| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1nxcv62 |
جدول المحتويات:
- Machine generated contents note: SOUTH GEORGIA WILDLIFE
- Birds
- Breeding penguins
- King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus
- Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua
- Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus
- Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus
- Penguin behaviour
- Vagrant penguins
- Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri
- Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome
- Royal Penguin Eudyptes schlegeli
- Adelie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae
- Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus
- Tubenoses
- Royal albatrosses
- Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
- Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi
- Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis
- Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans
- Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophrys
- Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma
- Vagrant mollymawks
- White-capped Albatross Thalassarche steadi
- Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
- Sooty albatrosses
- Note continued: Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata
- Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca
- Giant petrels
- Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus
- Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli
- Cape Petrel and Antarctic Petrel
- Cape Petrel Daption capense
- Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctica
- Snow Petrel and Southern Fulmar
- Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea
- Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides
- Gadfly petrels 1
- Kerguelen Petrel Aphrodroma brevirostris
- Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis
- White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii
- Gadfly petrels 2 and Grey Petrel
- Grey Petrel Procellaria cinerea
- Atlantic Petrel Pterodroma incerta
- Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera
- White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
- Breeding prions
- Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata
- Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
- Blue Petrel and vagrant prions
- Slender-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri
- Note continued: Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata
- Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea
- Shearwaters
- Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis
- Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
- Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis
- Storm-petrels
- Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Black-bellied Storm-petrel Fregetta tropica
- Grey-backed Storm-petrel Garrodia nereis
- Diving-petrels
- South Georgia Diving-petrel Pelecanoides georgicus
- Common Diving-petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix
- Imperial Shag Phalacrocorax atriceps
- Herons and Egrets
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Ducks
- South Georgia Pintail Anas georgica
- Speckled Teal Anas flavirostris
- Chiloe Wigeon Anas sibilatrix
- Birds of prey
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Peregrine Falco peregrinus
- Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus
- Skuas
- Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus
- Note continued: South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki
- Gulls
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Dolphin Gull Leucophaeus scoresbii
- Terns
- Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Waders
- White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- South Georgia Pipit Anthus antarcticus
- Additional species
- Accidental species
- Seals
- Fur seals
- Antarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus gazella
- Subantarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus tropicalis
- Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina
- Weddell Seal Leptonychotes weddellii
- Leopard Seal and Crabeater Seal
- Leopard Seal Hydrurga leptonyx
- Crabeater Seal Lobodon carcinophagus
- Cetaceans
- Southern Right Whale and Humpback Whale
- Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis
- Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae
- Minke Whale and Blue Whale
- Antarctic Minke Whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis
- Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus
- Large rorquals
- Note continued: Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis
- Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus
- Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus
- Beaked Whales
- Arnoux's Beaked Whale Berardius arnuxii
- Southern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon planifrons
- Strap-toothed Beaked Whale Mesoplodon layardii
- Killer Whale (or Orca) Orcinus orca
- Long-finned Pilot Whale, Hourglass Dolphin and Spectacled Porpoise
- Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas
- Hourglass Dolphin Lagenorhynchus cruciger
- Spectacled Porpoise Phocoena dioptrica
- Introduced Mammals
- Reindeer Rangifer tarandus
- Brown, Common or Norway Rat Rattus norvegicus
- House Mouse Mus musculus
- Invertebrates
- Insects
- Springtails
- Arachnids
- Freshwater Crustaceans
- Annelids
- Molluscs
- Plants
- Forbs: Non-grasslike herbs
- Greater Burnet Acaena magellanica
- Lesser Burnet Acaena tenera
- Hybrid Burnet Acaena magellanica x tenera
- Blinks Montia fontana
- Antarctic Starwort Callitriche antarctica
- Note continued: Antarctic Bedstraw Galium antarcticum
- Antarctic Pearlwort Colobanthus quitensis
- Sessile or Subantarctic Pearlwort Colobanthus subulatus
- Forbs: Introduced species
- Mouse-ear Chickweed Cerastium fontanum
- Antarctic Buttercup Ranunculus biternatus
- Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
- Dandelion Taraxacum officinale
- Bittercress Cardamine glacialis
- Yarrow, or Milfoil Achillea millefolium
- Sheep's Sorrel Rumex acetosella
- Grasses
- Tussock Grass Poa flabellata
- Brown or Tufted Fescue Festuca contracta
- Red Fescue Festuca rubra
- Alpine Cat's-tail Phleum alpinum
- Magellanic or Antarctic Foxtail Alopecurus magellanicus
- Annual Meadow-grass Poa annua
- Smooth-stalked Meadow-grass Poa pratensis
- Common Bent-grass Agrostis capillaris
- Antarctic Hair-grass Deschampsia antarctica
- Tufted Hair Grass Deschampsia cespitosa
- Sedge
- Smith's Sedge Uncinia macrolepis
- Rushes
- Greater Rush Juncus scheuchzerioides
- Note continued: Lesser Rush Juncus inconspicuus
- Brown or Magellanic Rush Rostkovia magellanica
- Higher plants: Infrequent introduced species
- Ferns and clubmoss
- Brittle Bladder-fern Cystopteris fragilis
- Adder's-tongue Ophioglossum crotalophoroides
- Falklands Filmy Fern Hymenophyllum falklandicum
- Strap Fern Grammitis poeppigiana
- Shield Fern Polystichum mohrioides
- Small Fern Blechnum penna-marina
- Magellanic Clubmoss Lycopodium magellanicum
- Lower plants
- Mosses
- Liverworts
- Algae
- Lichens
- Fungi.