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| 서명/저자사항 | How birds evolve : what science reveals about their origin, lives, and diversity/ Douglas J. Futuyma. |
| 개인저자 | Futuyma, Douglas J.,1942- author. |
| 발행사항 | Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, [2021]. |
| 형태사항 | 1 online resource (ix, 269 pages): illustrations, maps. |
| 기타형태 저록 | Print version: Futuyma, Douglas J., 1942- How birds evolve Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2021] 9780691182629 |
| ISBN | 0691227268 9780691227269 |
| 서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 내용주기 | Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. In the Light of Evolution: Birds and Evolutionary Science -- 2. Parrots, Falcons, and Songbirds: The Bird Tree of Life -- 3. After Archaeopteryx: Highlights of Bird History -- 4. Finches and Blackcaps: How Bird Populations Change and Adapt -- 5. The Ruff and the Cuckoo: Variation within Species -- 6. Hoatzin and Hummingbirds: How Adaptations Evolve -- 7. Owls and Albatrosses: Life Cycle Events and Variations -- 8. Auklets' Crests and Peacocks' Trains: Sexual Selection in Birds -- 9. Anis, Swallows, and Bee-eaters: The Social Life of Birds 10. Bird Species: What Are They and How Do They Form? -- 11. A World of Birds -- 12. Evolution and Extinction: The Future of Birds -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Color Plates |
| 요약 | "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"-- |
| 요약 | "A marvelous journey into the world of bird evolutionHow Birds Evolve explores how evolution has shaped the distinctive characteristics and behaviors we observe in birds today. Douglas Futuyma describes how evolutionary science illuminates the wonders of birds, ranging over topics such as the meaning and origin of species, the evolutionary history of bird diversity, and the evolution of avian reproductive behaviors, plumage ornaments, and social behaviors.In this multifaceted book, Futuyma examines how birds evolved from nonavian dinosaurs and reveals what we can learn from the "family tree" of birds. He looks at the ways natural selection enables different forms of the same species to persist, and discusses how adaptation by natural selection accounts for the diverse life histories of birds and the rich variety of avian parenting styles, mating displays, and cooperative behaviors. He explains why some parts of the planet have so many more species than others, and asks what an evolutionary perspective brings to urgent questions about bird extinction and habitat destruction. Along the way, Futuyma provides an insider's perspective on how biologists practice evolutionary science, from studying the fossil record to comparing DNA sequences among and within species.A must-read for bird enthusiasts and curious naturalists, How Birds Evolve shows how evolutionary biology helps us better understand birds and their natural history, and how the study of birds has informed all aspects of evolutionary science since the time of Darwin"-- |
| 해제 | Provided by publisher. |
| 해제 | Provided by publisher. |
| 일반주제명 | Birds --Evolution. SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ornithology. SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology. Birds --Evolution. |
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