Ten Thousand Birds : Ornithology since Darwin /

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A thoroughly engaging and authoritative history of modern ornithology, tracing how the study of birds has been shaped by a succession of visionary and often-controversial personalities, and by the unique social and scientific contexts in which these extraordinary individuals worked. This beautifully...

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Main Authors: Birkhead, Tim (Author), Montgomerie, Robert D. (Robert Dennis) (Author), Wimpenny, Jo (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882 > Influence.
Ornithology.
Ornithologists.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Evolution (Biology)
Birds.
SCIENCE > Natural History.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ornithology.
NATURE > Birdwatching Guides.
NATURE > Animals > Birds.
ornithologists.
Oiseaux.
Ornithologues.
Ornithologie > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Ornithologie > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Ornithologie > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Birds
Ornithology > History > 21st century.
Ornithology > History > 20th century.
Ornithology > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Yesterday's birds
  • The origin and diversification of species
  • Birds on the tree of life
  • Ebb and flow
  • Ecological adaptations for breeding
  • Form and function
  • The study of instinct
  • Behavior as adaptation
  • Selection in relation to sex
  • Population studies of birds
  • Tomorrow's birds
  • Afterword
  • Appendix 1. Some histories of ornithology
  • Appendix 2. Five hundred ornithologists.

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