The life of David Lack : father of evolutionary ecology /

"Most people who have taken a biology course in the past 50 years are familiar with the work of David Lack, but few remember his name. Almost all general biology texts produced during that period have a figure showing the beak size differences among the finches of the Galapagos Islands from Lac...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Anderson, Ted R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, [2013]
Temas:
Lack, David, > 1910-1973.
Ornithologists > Great Britain > Biography.
Biologists > Great Britain > Biography.
Birds > Evolution.
Evolution (Biology)
Biologistes > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Oiseaux > Évolution.
Ornithologues > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
NATURE > Animals > Birds.
NATURE > Birdwatching Guides.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ornithology.
Biologists.
Ornithologists.
Great Britain.
Biography
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Birds of Cambridgeshire; 2. The Life of the Robin; 3. Darwin' s Finches; 4. Robin Redbreast; 5. The Natural Regulation of Animal Numbers; 6. Swiftis in a Tower; 7. Evolutionary Theory and Christian Belief; 8. Enjoying Ornithology; 9. Population Studies of Birds; 10. Ecological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds; 11. Ecological Isolation in Birds; 12. Evolution Illustrated by Waterfowl; 13. Island Biology; NOTES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

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