The Hawaiian Honeycreepers
Drepanidinae
Seiten
2005
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-854653-5 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-854653-5 (ISBN)
This book is the most up to date work on honeycreepers, covering the life history, relationships, and biology of the birds. The honeycreepers, with their bright colouration and canary-like songs, are famed for their unique evolutionary history as a geographically isolated group that has undergone a spectacular burst of adaptions to the islands of the Hawaiian archipelago.
The Hawaiian Honeycreepers are typified by nectar feeding, their bright colouration, and canary-like songs. They are considered one of the finest examples of adaptive radiation, even more diverse than Darwin's Galapagos finches, as a wide array of different species has evolved in all the different niches provided by the Hawaiian archipelago. The book will therefore be of interest to evolutionary biologists and ecologists, as well as professional ornithologists and amateur bird watchers. As with the other books in the Bird Family of the World series, the work is divided into two main sections. Part I is an overview of the Hawaiian Honeycreeper evolution and natural history and Part II comprises accounts of each species. The author has produced his own outstanding illustrations of these birds to accompany his text.
The Hawaiian Honeycreepers are typified by nectar feeding, their bright colouration, and canary-like songs. They are considered one of the finest examples of adaptive radiation, even more diverse than Darwin's Galapagos finches, as a wide array of different species has evolved in all the different niches provided by the Hawaiian archipelago. The book will therefore be of interest to evolutionary biologists and ecologists, as well as professional ornithologists and amateur bird watchers. As with the other books in the Bird Family of the World series, the work is divided into two main sections. Part I is an overview of the Hawaiian Honeycreeper evolution and natural history and Part II comprises accounts of each species. The author has produced his own outstanding illustrations of these birds to accompany his text.
GENERA AND SPECIES ACCOUNTS ; HONEYCREEPERS IN HAWAIIAN MATERIAL CULTURE ; SCIENTIFIC NAMES AND FAMILIES OF PLANTS MENTIONED IN THE TEXT ; SCIENTIFIC NAMES AND FAMILIES OF NON-HAWAIIAN BIRDS MENTIONED IN THE TEXT
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 12.5.2005 |
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Reihe/Serie | Bird Families of the World |
Zusatzinfo | numerous halftones, colour plates, maps and line drawings |
Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 198 x 254 mm |
Gewicht | 1144 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-854653-X / 019854653X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-854653-5 / 9780198546535 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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