Ten Thousand Birds : Ornithology since Darwin
Ten Thousand Birds provides 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 individu...
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| Natura: | Livre numérique |
| Lingua: | Anglais |
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Princeton ; N.J :
Princeton University Press
2014.
Princeton, N.J : 2014. |
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In English 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 Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher s Web site, viewed March 24, 2015) La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : 544p. Cyberlibris (ScholarVox) corpus Sciences de l'ingénieur Cyberlibris (ScholarVox) corpus Sciences de l'ingénieur |
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • Ten thousand birds, ornithology since Darwin, Tim Birkhead, Jo Wimpenny, Bob Montgomerie, New Jersey, Oxfordshire, Princeton University Press, 2014, 1 vol. (XVII-524 p.), 978-0-691-15197-7 |
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| 500 | |a 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 | ||
| 500 | |a Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher s Web site, viewed March 24, 2015) | ||
| 500 | |a La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : 544p. | ||
| 500 | |a Cyberlibris (ScholarVox) corpus Sciences de l'ingénieur | ||
| 500 | |a Cyberlibris (ScholarVox) corpus Sciences de l'ingénieur | ||
| 506 | |a L'accès complet à la ressource est réservé aux usagers des établissements qui en ont fait l'acquisition | ||
| 520 | |a Ten Thousand Birds provides 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. Ten Thousand Birds brings this history vividly to life through the work and achievements of those who advanced the field. Drawing on a wealth of archival material and in-depth interviews, this fascinating book reveals how research on birds has contributed more to our understanding of animal biology than the study of just about any other group of organisms | ||
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