New Perspectives on the Origin and Early Evolution of Birds
Title | New Perspectives on the Origin and Early Evolution of Birds PDF eBook |
Author | Jacques Gauthier |
Publisher | Yale Univ Peabody Museum |
Total Pages | 613 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780912532578 |
The Origin and Evolution of Birds
Title | The Origin and Evolution of Birds PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Feduccia |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Total Pages | 490 |
Release | 1999-01-01 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780300078619 |
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.
How Birds Evolve
Title | How Birds Evolve PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas J. Futuyma |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | 320 |
Release | 2024-10-29 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0691264635 |
"Why are male birds often so brightly colored? Why do some birds lay more eggs than others? Will bird species adapt to climate change? In How Birds Evolve, Douglas Futuyma invites readers into the amazing world of bird evolution to answer these and other questions. Futuyma's goal in this book is not to offer a comprehensive evolutionary history of birds, but to explore how the processes of evolution produced the distinctive features and behaviors we observe in birds today as well as their impressive diversity. Using one or two birds per chapters as a lens into broader questions, Futuyma explores how a bird's evolutionary history helps us understand the diversity of species and the bird tree of life and how natural selection explains most of the characteristics of birds from how populations adapt to sexual selection and birds' amazing social behavior. Futuyma concludes by discussing the future of birds, particularly patterns of extinction and whether they can adapt to a changing climate. Ultimately, Futuyman wants readers to see that evolutionary biology helps us to better understand birds, and that the reverse is also true: studies of birds have informed almost every aspect of evolutionary biology, from Darwin to today"--
The Origin of Birds
Title | The Origin of Birds PDF eBook |
Author | Gerhard Heilmann |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 222 |
Release | 1926 |
Genre | Birds |
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Morphometrics
Title | Morphometrics PDF eBook |
Author | Ashraf M.T. Elewa |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | 288 |
Release | 2013-03-09 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3662088657 |
This book offers a thorough and up-to-date treatment of the use of morphometric procedures in a wide variety of contexts. As one of the most dynamic and popular fields on the contemporary biological scene, morphometrics is gaining notice among researchers and students as a necessary complement to molecular studies in the understanding and maintenance of biodiversity. This is the first reference to meet that growing need.
Early Avian Evolution
Title | Early Avian Evolution PDF eBook |
Author | Jingmai Kathleen O’Connor |
Publisher | Frontiers Media SA |
Total Pages | 195 |
Release | 2021-09-23 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 2889713024 |
The Origin and Early Evolution of Birds
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