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Ten thousand birds : ornithology since Darwin, Tim Birkhead, Jo Wimpenny, Bob Montgomerie
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- Summary
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- A thoroughly engaging and authoritative history of modern ornithology, tracing how the study of birds has been shaped by a succession of visionary and often-controversial personalities, and by the unique social and scientific contexts in which these extraordinary individuals worked. This beautifully illustrated book opens in the middle of the nineteenth century when ornithology was a museum-based discipline focused almost exclusively on the anatomy, taxonomy, and classification of dead birds. It describes how in the early 1900s pioneering individuals such as Erwin Stresemann, Ernst Mayr, and Julian Huxley recognized the importance of studying live birds in the field, and how this shift thrust ornithology into the mainstream of the biological sciences. The book tells the stories of eccentrics like Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, a pathological liar who stole specimens from museums and quite likely murdered his wife, and describes the breathtaking insights and discoveries of ambitious and influential figures such as David Lack, Niko Tinbergen, Robert MacArthur, and others who through their studies of birds transformed entire fields of biology
- Birds
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvii, 524 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780691151977
- Label
- Ten thousand birds : ornithology since Darwin
- Title
- Ten thousand birds
- Title remainder
- ornithology since Darwin
- Statement of responsibility
- Tim Birkhead, Jo Wimpenny, Bob Montgomerie
- Title variation
- 10,000 birds
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- A thoroughly engaging and authoritative history of modern ornithology, tracing how the study of birds has been shaped by a succession of visionary and often-controversial personalities, and by the unique social and scientific contexts in which these extraordinary individuals worked. This beautifully illustrated book opens in the middle of the nineteenth century when ornithology was a museum-based discipline focused almost exclusively on the anatomy, taxonomy, and classification of dead birds. It describes how in the early 1900s pioneering individuals such as Erwin Stresemann, Ernst Mayr, and Julian Huxley recognized the importance of studying live birds in the field, and how this shift thrust ornithology into the mainstream of the biological sciences. The book tells the stories of eccentrics like Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, a pathological liar who stole specimens from museums and quite likely murdered his wife, and describes the breathtaking insights and discoveries of ambitious and influential figures such as David Lack, Niko Tinbergen, Robert MacArthur, and others who through their studies of birds transformed entire fields of biology
- Birds
- Cataloging source
- UKMGB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Birkhead, T. R
- Dewey number
- 598.09
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QL672.7
- LC item number
- .B568 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Wimpenny, Jo
- Montgomerie, Robert D.
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Ornithology
- Ornithology
- Ornithology
- Ornithologists
- Darwin, Charles
- Birds
- Evolution (Biology)
- Label
- Ten thousand birds : ornithology since Darwin, Tim Birkhead, Jo Wimpenny, Bob Montgomerie
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-496) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 1542426
- Dimensions
- 26 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 524 pages
- Isbn
- 9780691151977
- Lccn
- 2013939390
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), color maps
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) 1542426
- (OCoLC)863172380
- Label
- Ten thousand birds : ornithology since Darwin, Tim Birkhead, Jo Wimpenny, Bob Montgomerie
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-496) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 1542426
- Dimensions
- 26 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 524 pages
- Isbn
- 9780691151977
- Lccn
- 2013939390
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), color maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1542426
- (OCoLC)863172380
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