Title:
Ten thousand birds : ornithology since Darwin / Tim Birkhead, Jo Wimpenny, Bob Montgomerie.
Author:
Birkhead, T. R., author.
Wimpenny, Jo, author.
Montgomerie, Robert D. (Robert Dennis), author.
Publication Information:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2014].
©2014
Call Number:
QL672.7 .B575 2014
ISBN:
9780691151977
Physical Description:
xvii, 524 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm
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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