Author: Storrs L. OlsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Relationships and Evolution of Flamingos [Aves, Phoenicopteridae)
Author: Storrs L. OlsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Relationships and Evolution of Flamingos (Aves: Phoenicopteridae)
Author: Storrs L. OlsonThe Origin and Evolution of Birds
Author: Alan FeducciaPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300078619
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
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.
Molecules and Morphology in Evolution
Author: Colin PattersonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521338608
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Papers presented at the Third International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology, held at the University of Sussex, 4-11 July 1985.
The Flying Zoo
Author: Michael StockPublisher: University of Alberta
ISBN: 1772123749
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
“My work as a scientist who studies bird parasites causes me to wonder about the hidden part of the drama unfolding before my eyes: the flying zoo that makes each bird what it is. As I gaze out at my favourite birds, I wonder what role their parasites have played in shaping their fascinating behaviours and alluring appearance.” — From Chapter 1 In The Flying Zoo, Michael Stock gives readers an enthusiastic tribute to birds and the parasites that live in and on them. From the Crozet Archipelago and the Galapagos Islands to our own backyards, parasites—fleas, lice, ticks, and flukes—live in a sinister yet symbiotic relationship with their host birds. With a scientist’s exuberance, Stock reveals a co-evolutionary dance among an astounding cast of creatures living in a complex and paradoxical co-habitation. Following in the footsteps of Fleas, Flukes and Cuckoos, this contemporary classic deserves a place on the shelves of students and teachers of biology, natural history buffs, and birders.
Avian Evolution
Author: Gerald MayrPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119020735
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Knowledge of the evolutionary history of birds has much improved in recent decades. Fossils from critical time periods are being described at unprecedented rates and modern phylogenetic analyses have provided a framework for the interrelationships of the extant groups. This book gives an overview of the avian fossil record and its paleobiological significance, and it is the only up-to-date textbook that covers both Mesozoic and more modern-type Cenozoic birds in some detail. The reader is introduced to key features of basal avians and the morphological transformations that have occurred in the evolution towards modern birds. An account of the Cenozoic fossil record sheds light on the biogeographic history of the extant avian groups and discusses fossils in the context of current phylogenetic hypotheses. This review of the evolutionary history of birds not only addresses students and established researchers, but it may also be a useful source of information for anyone else with an interest in the evolution of birds and a moderate background in biology and geology.
Wild Flamingos
Author: Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395845455
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
A photo essay describing the physical characteristics, natural habitat, and behavior of the flamingos of Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles.
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 878
Book Description
Birder's Handbook
Author: Paul EhrlichPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671659898
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
On t.p.: A field guide to the natural history of North American birds : including all species that regularly breed north of Mexico.
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description