Bird species : how they arise, modify and vanish / Dieter Thomas Tietze, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tietze, Dieter Thomas, editor.

Series:

Fascinating life sciences

Fascinating life sciences, 2509-6745

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birds--Speciation.

Birds.

Birds--Classification.

Birds--Evolution.

Genre:

Classification.

Physical Description:

xii, 266 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer Open, [2018]

Summary:

"The average person can name more bird species than they think, but do we really know what a bird "species" is? This open access book takes up several fascinating aspects of bird life to elucidate this basic concept in biology. From genetic and physiological basics to the phenomena of bird song and bird migration, it analyzes various interactions of birds - with their environment and other birds. Lastly, it shows imminent threats to birds in the Anthropocene, the era of global human impact."--Back cover.

Contents:

Introduction: Studying birds in time and space / Dieter Thomas Tietze

Integrative taxonomy of birds : the nature and delimitation of species / George Sangster

Studying speciation : genomic essentials and approaches / Daronja Trense, Dieter Thomas Tietze

Morphological variation in birds : plasticity, adaptation, and speciation / Till Töpfer

Song : the learned language of three major bird clades / Martin Päckert

Timing matters : allochronic contributions to population divergence / Barbara Helm, Robyn Womack

(Micro)evolutionary changes and the evolutionary potential of bird migration / Miriam Liedvogel, Kira Delmore

Avian diversity and distributions and their evolution through space and time / Manuel Schweizer, Yang Liu

Modeling avian distributions and niches : insights into invasions and speciation in birds / Darius Stiels, Kathrin Schidelko

Phylogeography and the role of hybridization in speciation / Leo Joseph

Ecological speciation : when and how variation among environments can drive population divergence / Pim Edelaar

Climate change impacts on bird species / Sven Trautmann

Impact of urbanization on birds / Caroline Isaksson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3319916882

9783319916880

OCLC:

1031453686

Publisher Number:

99980355998