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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 : Sidney Dillon Ripley
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN 13 : 9780879231989
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (319 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 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pairing S. Dillon Ripley's quarter century of study with over 70 color and black-and-white illustrations by J. Fenwick Lansdowne, this book marks a memorable ornithological publishing event. Both the book's subject matter and its manner of production--lavishly illustrated, printed on special paper with relentless attention to every detail--represent worthy objects of celebration and preservation.
Author : Sidney Dillon Ripley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780872931992
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Rails of the World written by Sidney Dillon Ripley and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bradley C. Livezey
Publisher : American Ornithologists Union
ISBN 13 : 9781891276354
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (763 download)
Download or read book Evolution of Flightlessness in Rails (Gruiformes, Rallidae) written by Bradley C. Livezey and published by American Ornithologists Union. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jon Fjeldså
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (355 download)
Download or read book Systematic Relations of an Assembly of Allopatric Rails from Western South America (Aves: Rallidae) written by Jon Fjeldså and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sidney Dillon Ripley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (758 download)
Download or read book Rails of the World written by Sidney Dillon Ripley and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : D. A. Bannerman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (111 download)
Download or read book Birds of the Atlantic Islands, Vol. III. A History of the Birds of the Azores written by D. A. Bannerman and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : D.A. Bannerman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (769 download)
Download or read book Birds of the Atlantic Islands III written by D.A. Bannerman and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 : David Armitage Bannerman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Birds of the Atlantic Islands written by David Armitage Bannerman and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Armitage Bannerman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (65 download)
Download or read book Birds of the Atlantic Islands: A history of the birds of the Azores written by David Armitage Bannerman and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Sanford R. Wilbur
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Literature of the Western Clapper Rails written by Sanford R. Wilbur and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clapper rails (Rallus longirostris) are widely distributed in coastal marshes and river valleys of North and South America and the Caribbean. Seven of the 26 subspecies currently recognized by various authorities occur in the western portions of the United States and Mexico. Three races are classified by both the Department of Fish and Game as "endangered". These subspecies are the California clapper rail, the Light-footd clapper rail, and the Yuma clapper rail. Our investigations of these endangered forms included a review of pertinent literature and an examination of specimen data in selected museum collections. This paper deals with primarily with the endangered forms but also attempts to describe the general relationships of all western clapper rails.
