The birds of Northern Melanesia : speciation, dispersal and ecology / Ernst Mayr and Jared M. Diamond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005, author.

Diamond, Jared M. (Jared Mason), 1937- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birds--Melanesia.

Birds.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (537 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ernst Mayr and Jared Diamond decided in 1970 to collaborate on an authoritative monograph presenting their data and interpretations of the evolution of the birds of the Solomon and Bismark Islands. This text is the culmination of their research.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Part I. Northern Melanesia's Physical and Biological Environment; Part II. Human History and Impacts; Part III. The Northern Melanesian Avifauna; Part IV. Colonization Routes; Part V. Taxonomic Analysis: Differences Among Species; Part VI. Geographic Analysis: Differences Among Islands; Part VII. Synthesis, Conclusions, and Prospects; Maps; Appendices; References; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2001.

Bibliography.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770043-8

1-280-83503-6

9786610835034

0-19-534966-0

OCLC:

316713446