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Kea, Bird of Paradox The Evolution and Behavior of a New Zealand Parrot
by Diamond, Judy & Alan B. Bond
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0520213394
- ISBN 13
- 9780520213395
- Seller
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About This Item
C2c: University of California Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1999. Xiv, 230 pgs. Lllustrated. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The kea, a crow-sized parrot that lives in the rugged mountains of New Zealand, is considered by some a playful comic and by others a vicious killer. Its true character is a mystery that biologists have debated for more than a century. Judy Diamond and Alan Bond have written a comprehensive account of the kea's contradictory nature, and their conclusions cast new light on the origins of behavioral flexibility and the problem of species survival in human environments everywhere. EB; 5.5 X 1 X 8.25 inches; 244 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 67779
- Title
- Kea, Bird of Paradox The Evolution and Behavior of a New Zealand Parrot
- Author
- Diamond, Judy & Alan B. Bond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0520213394
- ISBN 13
- 9780520213395
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- C2c
- Date Published
- 1999
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