Readership: Professional ornithologists and researchers with a specific interest in pelicans and cormorants. Avian ecologists with a general interest in sexual selection, mating behaviour, and nesting biology. A secondary market will exist amongst amateur ornithologists and naturalists.
J. Bryan Nelson, MBE, Reader Emeritus, Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, UK
"...marine ornithologists will want to consult it to find out more about a fascinating group of birds...IBIS (2006), 148, 830-843."
""the book narrows into the species accounts, which are reference entries packed with details, well complemented by maps and diagrams, and particularly valuable in the way they lead in to a comprehensive listing of the literature."" - Scottish Birds News
"...illustrated to a very high standard. The text is both informative and easy to read as it uses a slightly larger font size than in some handbooks." - Jean Torrance, Scottish Bird News
"The reputation of these guides, as being the scientific bedrock for ornithologists, is well deserved.... this will no doubt be part of the ornithological landscape for the next generation. Fatbirder, February 2006."
List of colour plates List of abbreviations Plan of the book Introduction Part I: General Chapters 1: Evolutionary relationships 2: Breeding biology 3: Behaviour 4: The pelecaniformes and man 5: General family accounts Part II: Species accounts Appendix Glossary Bibliography Index
