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Author : Storrs L. Olson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 53 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (73 download)
Download or read book Evolution of the Rails of the South Atlantic Islands (Aves: Rallidae) written by Storrs L. Olson and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Smithsonian Institution
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (631 download)
Download or read book Evolution of the Rails of the South Atlantic Islands (Aves written by Smithsonian Institution and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Barry Taylor
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 140813537X
Total Pages : 601 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Rails written by Barry Taylor and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-08-30 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a guide to rails, a relatively homogeneous family of birds spread throughout the world. Barry Taylor and Ber van Perlo have described and illustrated 145 species of rails, including two that are newly described, and also ten that are recently extinct and two that are almost certainly extinct. The book, based on up-to-date references and on new observations, is the first to give comprehensive information on field identification (including voice), covering all species and races for which details are known. It is also the first to provide descriptions of the immature and juvenile plumages of many species. The authors provide a detailed summary of current knowledge of all aspects of rail biology and their often complex behaviour, social structure, and family life. They explain how such apparently poorly flying birds can undertake intercontinental migrations and are such widespread and successful colonists of remote oceanic islands. They also discuss the remarkable ease and speed with which species on such islands have evolved into flightless forms in the absence of predators, a fact that has led to the rapid extinction of numerous island taxa following the arrival of man. Rail habitats are fast disappearing, say the authors, and many rails become endangered before enough is known about them to plan effective conservation measures. The book provides information on distribution, status, habitat requirements, and current threats, and it gives conservation priorities for threatened species.
Author : Sidney Dillon Ripley
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN 13 : 9780919880078
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Rails of the World written by Sidney Dillon Ripley and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 1977 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Clifford Frith
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 0643108718
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)
Download or read book The Woodhen written by Clifford Frith and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2013-06-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the fascinating success story of saving the flightless Woodhen of Lord Howe Island. This unique large rail, an iconic and highly endangered Australian bird, was at the very brink of extinction with just 15 individuals found in 1980, when bold and risky actions were taken to save it. The book begins with the discovery and ecology of Lord Howe Island. It then details the history of the Woodhen, its place among the rails and their evolution of flightlessness, the planning, implementation and trials, tribulations and successes of the captive breeding programme and the way in which the wild population recovered. The ecology, behaviour and breeding biology of this unique flightless island rail are also discussed. The text is accompanied by numerous photographs and drawings. This is a story of survival, yet the bird remains highly endangered as it is under constant potential threat, which could tip it over the brink and to extinction. The Woodhen provides gripping insights into the potential for both losing and saving vertebrate species. Winner of a 2014 Whitley Awards Certificate of Commendation for Historical Zoology.
Author : Sankar Chatterjee
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 142141614X
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)
Download or read book The Rise of Birds written by Sankar Chatterjee and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive account of the origin of ancient and modern birds—the "living dinosaurs." A small set of fossilized bones discovered almost thirty years ago led paleontologist Sankar Chatterjee on a lifelong quest to understand their place in our understanding of the history of life. They were clearly the bones of something unusual, a bird-like creature that lived long, long ago in the age of dinosaurs. He called it Protoavis, and the animal that owned these bones quickly became a contender for the title of "oldest known bird." In 1997, Chatterjee published his findings in the first edition of The Rise of Birds. Since then Chatterjee and his colleagues have searched the world for more transitional bird fossils. And they have found them. This second edition of The Rise of Birds brings together a treasure trove of fossils that tell us far more about the evolution of birds than we once dreamed possible. With no blind allegiance to what he once thought he knew, Chatterjee devours the new evidence and lays out the most compelling version of the birth and evolution of the avian form ever attempted. He takes us from Texas to Spain, China, Mongolia, Madagascar, Australia, Antarctica, and Argentina. He shows how, in the "Cretaceous Pompeii" of China, he was able to reconstruct the origin and evolution of flight of early birds from the feathered dinosaurs that lay among thousands of other amazing fossils. Chatterjee takes us to where long-hidden bird fossils dwell. His compelling, occasionally controversial, revelations—accompanied by spectacular illustrations—are a must-read for anyone with a serious interest in the evolution of "the feathered dinosaurs," from vertebrate paleontologists and ornithologists to naturalists and birders.
Author : Sam Turvey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199535094
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)
Download or read book Holocene Extinctions written by Sam Turvey and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-05-28 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This makes a detailed consideration of these extinctions a useful system for investigating the impacts of human activity over time.
Author : Alan Feduccia
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300165692
Total Pages : 631 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Riddle of the Feathered Dragons written by Alan Feduccia and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Inspired by the spectacular discoveries of the past two decades from the Age of Reptiles in China, Riddle of the Feathered Dragons explores how these miraculous fossils have transformed the contentious arena of bird and dinosaur evolution. Aside from being the most comprehensive discussion of these avian and associated discoveries, the author delves into the world of investigative journalism to expose the darker side of the world of fossil birds and dinosaurs. The book exposes the massive unfounded speculation that has characterized the field of vertebrate paleontology and published extensively in the world's most prestigious journals, including everything from supposed dinosaur protein to so-called feathered dinosaurs. The book questions the validity of the foundational tenets of the now "unquestionable orthodoxy" of bird and dinosaur evolution, including bird origins, feathered dinosaurs, flight origin from the ground-up and hot-blooded dinosaurs and their proteins. It exposes how speculation has gone far beyond the ability of the currently available evidence to yield answers. The author concludes that birds are best defined by a more traditional definition of the possession of feathers and avian flight architecture, that the so-called "feathered dinosaurs" are most likely derived avians, and that flight clearly originated from the trees-down, from ancestors that antedated the dinosaurs, rather than a direct linear descent"--
Author : Alan Feduccia
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300078619
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (786 download)
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.
Author : Theodore H. Fleming
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226253317
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (262 download)
Download or read book Island Bats written by Theodore H. Fleming and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second largest order of mammals, Chiroptera comprises more than one thousand species of bats. Because of their mobility, bats are often the only native mammals on isolated oceanic islands, where more than half of all bat species live. These island bats represent an evolutionarily distinctive and ecologically significant part of the earth’s biological diversity. Island Bats is the first book to focus solely on the evolution, ecology, and conservation of bats living in the world’s island ecosystems. Among other topics, the contributors to this volume examine how the earth’s history has affected the evolution of island bats, investigate how bat populations are affected by volcanic eruptions and hurricanes, and explore the threat of extinction from human disturbance. Geographically diverse, the volume includes studies of the islands of the Caribbean, the Western Indian Ocean, Micronesia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and New Zealand. With its wealth of information from long-term studies, Island Bats provides timely and valuable information about how this fauna has evolved and how it can be conserved.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book CPSU/UH Avian History Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : K. D. Bennett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521399210
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (992 download)
Download or read book Evolution and Ecology written by K. D. Bennett and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolutionary synthesis using contribution of recent fossil record to understand mechanisms of macroevolutionary change.
Author : Penny Olsen
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 0643094938
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Stray Feathers written by Penny Olsen and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2011-06-21 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Logos of: CSIRO and Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) at foot of title page.
Author : Roger Butlin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139474588
Total Pages : 565 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)
Download or read book Speciation and Patterns of Diversity written by Roger Butlin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-22 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together the viewpoints of leading ecologists concerned with the processes that generate patterns of diversity, and evolutionary biologists who focus on mechanisms of speciation, this book opens up discussion in order to broaden understanding of how speciation affects patterns of biological diversity, especially the uneven distribution of diversity across time, space and taxa studied by macroecologists. The contributors discuss questions such as: Are species equivalent units, providing meaningful measures of diversity? To what extent do mechanisms of speciation affect the functional nature and distribution of species diversity? How can speciation rates be measured using molecular phylogenies or data from the fossil record? What are the factors that explain variation in rates? Written for graduate students and academic researchers, the book promotes a more complete understanding of the interaction between mechanisms and rates of speciation and these patterns in biological diversity.
Author : United States. Superintendent of Documents
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1252 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Monthly Catalog, United States Public Documents written by United States. Superintendent of Documents and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 1252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index.
Author : Frank B. Gill
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780716724155
Total Pages : 802 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (241 download)
Download or read book Ornithology written by Frank B. Gill and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1995 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approaches the subject from a biological and evolutionary perspective rather than just identification.
Author : Jolyon C. Parish
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253000998
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book The Dodo and the Solitaire written by Jolyon C. Parish and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive book to date about these two famously extinct birds.
