| Edition |
[Enhanced Credo edition] |
| Description |
1 online resource (20 entries) : 203 images ; digital files. |
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text rdacontent |
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still image rdacontent |
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electronic isbdmedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-496). |
| 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. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Summary |
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. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Description based on title page of print version. |
| Subject |
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Influence.
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Ornithology -- History -- 19th century.
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Ornithology -- History -- 20th century.
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Ornithology -- History -- 21st century.
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Ornithologists.
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Birds.
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Evolution (Biology)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Wimpenny, Jo, author.
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Montgomerie, Robert D. (Robert Dennis), author.
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Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 0691151970 9780691151977 (DLC) 2013939390 xvii, 524 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps |
| ISBN |
9780691151977 |
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0691151970 |
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9781786840745 electronic version |
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