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An Evolutionary Study Of Some Archaeologically Significant Avian Taxa In The Quaternary Of The Western Palaearctic
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Book Synopsis An Evolutionary Study of Some Archaeologically Significant Avian Taxa in the Quaternary of the Western Palaearctic by : John R. Stewart
Download or read book An Evolutionary Study of Some Archaeologically Significant Avian Taxa in the Quaternary of the Western Palaearctic written by John R. Stewart and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 2007 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work sets out to examine four taxa of birds from the Quaternary of Europe that exhibit interesting morphological anomalies - cranes (Grus), grouse/ptarmigans (Lagopus), ravens (Corvus corax) and starlings (Sturnus) - to address whether these were the result of inter- or intraspecific processes. Modern skeletal material of these taxa from a wide geographical area was examined so as to make a more realistic assessment of the fossils than had previously been achieved. Similarly, fossils were studied from a wider geographical and temporal range than before. The study of the four chosen taxa was carried out with an acknowledgement of a variety of theoretical issues in biology, which affect the interpretation of such fossils.
Book Synopsis Holocene Extinctions by : Samuel T. Turvey
Download or read book Holocene Extinctions written by Samuel T. Turvey and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-05-28 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extent to which human activity has influenced species extinctions during the recent prehistoric past remains controversial due to other factors such as climatic fluctuations and a general lack of data. However, the Holocene (the geological interval spanning the last 11,500 years from the end of the last glaciation) has witnessed massive levels of extinctions that have continued into the modern historical era, but in a context of only relatively minor climatic fluctuations. This makes a detailed consideration of these extinctions a useful system for investigating the impacts of human activity over time. Holocene Extinctions describes and analyses the range of global extinction events which have occurred during this key time period, as well as their relationship to both earlier and ongoing species losses. By integrating information from fields as diverse as zoology, ecology, palaeontology, archaeology and geography, and by incorporating data from a broad range of taxonomic groups and ecosystems, this novel text provides a fascinating insight into human impacts on global extinction rates, both past and present. This truly interdisciplinary book is suitable for both graduate students and researchers in these varied fields. It will also be of value and use to policy-makers and conservation professionals since it provides valuable guidance on how to apply lessons from the past to prevent future biodiversity loss and inform modern conservation planning.
Book Synopsis Taxonomic Revision and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Flightless Mancallinae (Aves, Pan-Alcidae) by : N. Adam Smith
Download or read book Taxonomic Revision and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Flightless Mancallinae (Aves, Pan-Alcidae) written by N. Adam Smith and published by PenSoft Publishers LTD. This book was released on 2011-04-20 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The flightless Mancallinae (Aves, Pan-Alcidae) from the Pacific Ocean are represented by one of the richest fossil records among Charadriiformes. A detailed review of previously published and previously undescribed fossils referred to Mancallinae resulted in taxonomic revision of the clade and the identification of three new species from the Miocene and Pliocene of California, USA. This monograph includes descriptions of new Mancallinae species and provides the first species-level phylogenetic hypothesis of Mancallinae relationships. Phylogenetic hypotheses were generated through the combined analysis of molecular sequence data and newly identified morphological character data for extant and extinct charadriiforms. The results of the combined phylogenetic analysis places hypotheses regarding the ethology and morphological convergence of Mancallinae to other flightless wing-propelled divers in phylogenetic context and facilitates comparisons between alcid paleodiversity and paleoclimatic events that have been hypothesized as drivers of alcid evolution.
Book Synopsis The Archaeology of Wild Birds in Britain and Ireland by : Dale Serjeantson
Download or read book The Archaeology of Wild Birds in Britain and Ireland written by Dale Serjeantson and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2023-06-29 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Archaeology of Wild Birds in Britain and Ireland tells the story of human engagement with birds from the end of the last Ice Age to about AD 1650. It is based on archaeological bird remains integrated with ethnography and the history of birds and avian biology. In addition to their food value, the book examines birds in ritual activities and their capture and role in falconry and as companion animals. It is an essential guide for archaeologists and zooarchaeologists and will interest historians and naturalists concerned with the history and former distribution of birds.
Book Synopsis The History of British Birds by : Derek Yalden
Download or read book The History of British Birds written by Derek Yalden and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An integration of ornithological and archaeological evidence on the history, composition and balance of the bird fauna of the British Isles. It provides essential background information for the debate on extinction, conservation and reintroduction.
Download or read book Anthropozoologica written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Records of the Australian Museum by : Australian Museum
Download or read book Records of the Australian Museum written by Australian Museum and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The British National Bibliography by : Arthur James Wells
Download or read book The British National Bibliography written by Arthur James Wells and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature Chiefly in the Fields of Arts and Humanities and the Social Sciences by :
Download or read book International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature Chiefly in the Fields of Arts and Humanities and the Social Sciences written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 1024 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Taxonomic Analysis of Avian Faunal Remains from Three Archaeological Sites in Marina Del Rey, Los Angeles County, California by : Joan C. Brown
Download or read book A Taxonomic Analysis of Avian Faunal Remains from Three Archaeological Sites in Marina Del Rey, Los Angeles County, California written by Joan C. Brown and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century by : Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution. Symposium
Download or read book Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century written by Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution. Symposium and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 32 papers collected herein reflect the great diversity and interest that the study of fossil birds has generated in recent years. The first seven papers (Mourer-Chauvir et al., Worthy and Jouventin, Segu and Alcover, Steadman and Hilgartner, Millener, Worthy, Pavia) relate to late Quaternary birds from islands, where human intervention in the last few thousand years has caused many heretofore unrecorded extinctions. Three papers on Quaternary avifaunas of continental Europe deal with distributional changes and cultural use of birds by humans in Siberia (Potapova and Panteleyev), the utility of patterns of seabird distribution in determining former marine climatic conditions (Tyrberg), and temporal changes in morphology of ptarmigans (Lagopus) through the late Pleistocene (Stewart). Three papers deal with late Cenozoic raptors (Campbell et al., Tambussi and Noriega, Emslie and Czaplewski). New genera from Paleogene deposits are described by Boles and Ivison, Karhu, and Peters. Five papers deal with ancient waterfowl. Alvarenga describes the first fossil screamer (Anhimidae) from the Oligocene of Brazil. Olson provides the first fossil records of the Anseranatidae, with the description of a new species from the early Eocene of England, which is referred to Anatalavis from the Paleocene/Cretaceous of New Jersey. Ericson provides the means to distiguish Eocene fossils of the duck-like Presbyornis from the flamingo-like Juncitarsus and gives new records of the latter. Benson shows that the Paleocene Presbyornis isoni once ranged from Maryland to North Dakota, and he gives records of other Paleocene birds from North Dakota. Hope names a new, larger species of Graculavus, extending the range of the genus from New Jersey to the Cretaceous of Wyoming.The early history and evolution of birds receives great attention. Dzerzhinsky expands upon the significance of cranial morphology in paleognathous birds. Kurochkin relates the early Cretaceous genus Ambiortus to the Chinese Otogornis, which are supposed to be on a line with modern birds, as opposed to the Enantiornithes. Bochenski uses paleogeography to suggest that the Enantiornithes must antedate Archaeopteryx. Zhou and Martin show that the manus of Archaeopteryx is more bird-like than previously realized. Martin and Stewart use bird teeth to argue against dinosaurian origins for Aves, whereas Elzanowski diverges on various aspects of dinosaurian cranial morphology and that of early birds that may have evolutionary significance. Witmer, Chiappe, and Goslow present summaries of three sessions of a roundtable discussion on avian origins, early evolution of birds, and the origins of flight, which was held on June 7, the last day of the meeting, and which covered much controversial territory.
Book Synopsis Living Dinosaurs by : Dr. Gareth Dyke
Download or read book Living Dinosaurs written by Dr. Gareth Dyke and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living Dinosaurs offers a snapshot of our current understanding of the origin and evolution of birds. After slumbering for more than a century, avian palaeontology has been awakened by startling new discoveries on almost every continent. Controversies about whether dinosaurs had real feathers or whether birds were related to dinosaurs have been swept away and replaced by new and more difficult questions: How old is the avian lineage? How did birds learn to fly? Which birds survived the great extinction that ended the Mesozoic Era and how did the avian genome evolve? Answers to these questions may help us understand how the different kinds of living birds are related to one another and how they evolved into their current niches. More importantly, they may help us understand what we need to do to help them survive the dramatic impacts of human activity on the planet.
Book Synopsis The Origin and Evolution of Birds by : Alan Feduccia
Download or read book The Origin and Evolution of Birds written by Alan Feduccia and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of all that is known about the origin of birds and of avian flight. It draws on fossil evidence and studies of the structure and biochemistry of living birds to present knowledge and data on avian evolution and to propose a new model of this evolutionary process.
Book Synopsis Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution by : Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution. Symposium
Download or read book Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution written by Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution. Symposium and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new Teratorn (Aves: Teratornithidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of Oregon, USA / Kenneth E. Campbell Jr. and Alison T. StengerAn overview of the genus Athene in the Pleistocene of the Mediterranean islands, with the description of Athene trinacriae n. sp. (Aves: Strigidae) / Marco Pavia and Cécile Mourer-ChauviréNeogene avifauna of Bulgaria / Zlatozar N. BoevPhylogeny of the Tertiary giant anhingas (Pelecaniformes: Anhingidae) from South America / Jorge I. Noriega and Herculano M.F. AlvarengaAdditional material of Macranhinga paranensis (Aves: Pelecaniformes: Anhingidae) from the Upper Miocene Ituzaingó Formation of Entre Rios Province, Argentina / Jorge I. NoriegaA preliminary report on the diversity and stratigraphic distribution of the Plotopteridae (Pelecaniformes) in Paleogene rocks of Washington State, USA / James L. Goedert and John CornishAvian remains from the Middle Eocene of the Geiseltal (Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany) / Gerald MayrRevision of the Cathartidae (Aves: Ciconiiformes) from the Middle Eocene to the Upper Oligocene phosphorites du Quercy, France / Ceìcile Mourer-ChauviréNew interpretations of the birds from the Navesink and Hornerstown formations, New Jersey, USA (Aves: Neornithes) / David C. Parris and Sylvia HopeThe morphology and systematics of Polarornis, a Cretaceous loon (Aves: Gaviidae) from Antarctica / Sankar ChatterjeeThe significance of early Cretaceous bird tracks / Jong-Deock Lim [and others]New information on the hesperornithiform radiation / Larry D. Martin and Jong-Deock LimOviraptorosaurs compared to birds / Junchang Lü [and others]The evolution of avian cranial kinesis / Walter J. BockThe pelvis in early birds and dinosaurs / Virginia L. Naples, Larry D. Martin and John SimmonsBiology of basal birds and the origin of avian flight / Andrzej ElzanowskiThe aerodynamically streamlined body shape of birds : implications for the evolution of birds, feathers, and avian flight / Dominique G. HombergerWing loading in primitive birds / Joseì L. Sanz [and others]The evidence for the timing of speciation of modern continental birds and the taxonomic ambiguity of the Quaternary fossil record / John R. StewartAvian species turnover and species longevity in the Pleistocene of the Palearctic / Tommy TyrbergPalaeogeographical implications concerning early history of chosen groups of birds / Zygmunt Bochenìski and Zbigniew M. BochenskiAre Confuciusornis and Archaefructus Jurassic fossils? / Zhiwei GuEarly Cretaceous maars, depositional environments and their relationship to the fossil preservation in Sihetun, Liaoning, northeast China / Tungsheng Liu, Jiaqi Liu and Guoqiang Chu.
Book Synopsis The cretaceous birds of New Jersey by : Storrs L. Olson
Download or read book The cretaceous birds of New Jersey written by Storrs L. Olson and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-07-10 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The cretaceous birds of New Jersey" by Storrs L. Olson, David C. Parris. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Download or read book Mesozoic Birds written by Luis M. Chiappe and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2002-12-05 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mesozoic Birds is the first book to bring together world-renowned specialists on fossil birds and their importance to avian origins and, more importantly, it stresses a unified approach (cladistics) and presents the most anatomically detailed analyses available to date. No other study or collection of studies has ever done so much. How could the project not be welcomed by its audience of paleontologists, ornithologists, and evolutionary biologists!"—David Weishampel, editor of The Dinosauria "This is the first comprehensive volume dedicated to the relationships and evolution of the birds that lived during the Age of Dinosaurs. Its wealth of information and its diversity of viewpoints will ensure that this indispensable volume is used and discussed for many years to come."—Kevin Padian, University of California, Berkeley
Book Synopsis Avian Invasions by : Tim M. Blackburn
Download or read book Avian Invasions written by Tim M. Blackburn and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-25 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text summarizes and synthesizes the literature on introduced bird ecology and evolution. It unravels the insights that the study of exotic birds brings to these research strands.
