دانلود کتاب The Raven

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Cover\nContents\nPreface\nAcknowledgements\nIntroduction: The Raven: spirit of the wilds\n1. THE RAVEN IN HUMAN HISTORY\n Prehistory\n The Raven in myth and legend\n From scavenger friend to predator-foe\n2. THE RAVEN\'S COUNTRY\n Cliff coasts of the agricultural districts\n Lowland farmland in the west\n Foothills and marginal land\n Sheepwalks of the higher hills\n Grouse-moors of the eastern uplands\n Deer forests of western and northern Scotland\n Cliff coasts of the northern and western moorlands\n3. DISTRIBUTION AND NUMBERS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND\n South-east England\n The Channel Isles\n South-west England\n East Anglia\n Wales\n Midlands\n Northern England\n Southern Scotland\n Scottish Highlands\n Scottish Islands\n Ireland\n Grand totals\n4. FOOD AND FEEDING HABITS\n Studies of food\n The Raven as a predator\n Other foods\n Feeding habits\n5. SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR\n Territorialism\n Flocking and communal roosts\n Social behaviour in display\n6. RAVEN MOVEMENTS\n General movements\n Daily movements\n7. ASSOCIATIONS WITH OTHER ANIMALS\n Birds\n Mammals\n8. BREEDING: NEST AND NEST SITE\n Nest construction\n Nest sites\n9. BREEDING: THE EGG STAGE\n Prelaying behaviour\n The egg\n Clutch size\n Laying\n Incubation\n10. BREEDING: THE YOUNG\n Nestling growth\n Brood size\n Breeding performance\n Causes of complete breeding failure\n Egg-collecting and its effects on breeding performance\n Regional variations in productivity\n11. TERRITORIALISM AND POPULATION REGULATION\n Surplus non-breeding populations\n Rapid remating\n The ceiling on numbers\n Territorialism and variations in breeding density\n Mechanism of territorial spacing\n Limitations of unsuitable nesting habitat\n Mortality, population turnover and capacity for spread\n12. RAVENS IN THE MODERN SCENE\n Gamekeepering\n Afforestation\n Changes in farming practice\n Disturbance\n Pesticides\n Conclusions\n13. RAVENS ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD\n Subspecies of Corvus corax\n Other species of Raven\n14. INTELLIGENCE IN RAVENS\nAppendices\n 1. Distribution of Raven flocks and roosts in Britain and Ireland\n 2. Calls of the Raven\n 3. Appearance of the Raven\n 4. Scientific names of animal and plant species in the text\n 5. Names of the Raven\nBibliography\nTables 1–27\nIndex\n A\n B\n C\n D\n E\n F\n G\n H\n I\n J\n K\n L\n M\n N\n O\n P\n Q\n R\n S\n T\n U\n V\n W\n Y