Birkhead / Wimpenny / Montgomerie Ten Thousand Birds

Ornithology since Darwin
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4883-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 544 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Birkhead, Tim

Wimpenny, Jo

Montgomerie, Bob

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Vögel (Ornithologie)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii

Chapter 1 Yesterday's Birds 1

Chapter 2 The Origin and Diversification of Species 43

Chapter 3 Birds on the Tree of Life 75

Chapter 4 Ebb and Flow 117

Chapter 5 Ecological Adaptations for Breeding 161

Chapter 6 Form and Function 201

Chapter 7 The Study of Instinct 245

Chapter 8 Behavior as Adaptation 287

Chapter 9 Selection in Relation to Sex 323

Chapter 10 Population Studies of Birds 355

Chapter 11 Tomorrow's Birds 389

Afterword 425

Appendix 1: Some Histories of Ornithology 431

Appendix 2: Five Hundred Ornithologists 434

Notes 443

References 467

Index 497

Image Credits 519

Über Autor(innen)

Tim Birkhead is professor of zoology at the University of Sheffield, where he teaches and conducts research on the behavioral ecology of birds with particular focus on reproduction. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London and his books include The Wisdom of Birds and Bird Sense. Jo Wimpenny was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Sheffield during the writing of this book. Bob Montgomerie is professor of biology at Queen's University in Ontario, where he studies the evolution of plumage colors and sexual behavior in birds.