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The speciation and biogeography of birds / Ian Newton ; illustrations by Keith Brockie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Newton, Ian.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Birds--Speciation.
- Birds.
- Birds--Geographical distribution.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (681 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book should be of value to anyone interested in bird evolution and taxonomy, biogeography, distributional history, dispersal and migration patterns. It provides an up-to-date synthesis of current knowledge on species formation, and the factors influencing current distribution patterns. It draws heavily on new information on Earth history, including past glacial and other climatic changes, on new developments in molecular biology and palaeontology, and on recent studies of bird distribution and migration patterns, to produce a coherent account of the factors that have influenced bird speci
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Evolution and diversity of birds
- pt. 2. Major distribution patterns
- pt. 3. Effects of past climate changes
- pt. 4. Limitation of species distributions
- pt. 5. Bird movements
- pt. 6. Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [577]-629) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-73477-X
- 0-08-092499-9
- OCLC:
- 779521201
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