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Ten thousand birds : ornithology since Darwin / Tim Birkhead, Jo Wimpenny, Bob Montgomerie.
LIBRA QL672.7 .B575 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Birkhead, Tim, author.
- Wimpenny, Jo, author.
- Montgomerie, Robert D. (Robert Dennis), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
- Ornithology--History--19th century.
- Ornithology.
- Ornithology--History--20th century.
- Ornithology--History--21st century.
- Ornithologists.
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882--Influence.
- Darwin, Charles.
- Birds.
- Evolution (Biology).
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 524 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2014].
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-496) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691151977
- 0691151970
- OCLC:
- 863172380
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