Hawaiian Honeycreepers And Biogeography
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| Author | : H. Douglas Pratt |
| Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
| Total Pages | : 361 |
| Release | : 2005-05-12 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0191524034 |
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.
| Author | : J. Michael Scott |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 444 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : C. Barry Cox |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 510 |
| Release | : 2016-03-15 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 111896859X |
Through eight successful editions, and over nearly 40 years, Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach has provided a thorough and comprehensive exploration of the varied scientific disciplines and research that are essential to understanding the subject. The text has been praised for its solid background in historical biogeography and basic biology, that is enhanced and illuminated by discussions of current research. This new edition incorporates the exciting changes of the recent years, and presents a thoughtful exploration of the research and controversies that have transformed our understanding of the biogeography of the world. It also clearly identifies the three quite different arenas of biogeographical research: continental biogeography, island biogeography and marine biogeography. It is the only current textbook with full coverage of marine biogeography. It reveals how the patterns of life that we see today have been created by the two great Engines of the Planet - the Geological Engine, plate tectonics, which alters the conditions of life on the planet, and the Biological Engine, evolution, which responds to these changes by creating new forms and patterns of life.
| Author | : Thane K. Pratt |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 728 |
| Release | : 2009-01-01 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0300141084 |
Hawaii’s forest bird community is the most insular and most endangered in the world and serves as a case study for threatened species globally. Ten have disappeared in the past thirty years, nine are critically endangered, and even common species are currently in decline. Thane K. Pratt, his coeditors, and collaborators, all leaders in their field, describe the research and conservation efforts over the past thirty years to save Hawaii’s forest birds. They also offer the most comprehensive look at the reasons for these extinctions and attempts to overcome them in the future. Among the topics covered in this book are trends in bird populations, environmental and genetic factors limiting population size, avian diseases, predators, and competing alien bird species. Color plates by award-winning local photographer Jack Jeffrey illustrate all living species discussed or described.
| Author | : Glen MacDonald |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 536 |
| Release | : 2002-02-28 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0471241938 |
Illustrative examples from recent research publications and "classic" studies are prominently featured throughout the book. Research techniques are highlighted in "special interest" boxes. Illustrations and descriptions of research techniques are provided with examples such as fire-scars from trees used to reconstruct disturbance, fossil pollen used to reconstruct vegetation change and plant migration, transect and quadrate sampling. Includes key biogeographical theories that link space and time to the distribution of life. Some of these theories include: 1. Ranges, Reflicts, Refuges, Corridors, Barriers, 2. Centers of Origins, 3. Cladistics, 4. Variance, 5. Island BioGeography, 6. Diversity Theory, 7. Gap Analysis for Conservation.
| Author | : Mark V. Lomolino |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 1284 |
| Release | : 2004-07 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9780226492377 |
Foundations of Biogeography provides facsimile reprints of seventy-two works that have proven fundamental to the development of the field. From classics by Georges-Louis LeClerc Compte de Buffon, Alexander von Humboldt, and Charles Darwin to equally seminal contributions by Ernst Mayr, Robert MacArthur, and E. O. Wilson, these papers and book excerpts not only reveal biogeography's historical roots but also trace its theoretical and empirical development. Selected and introduced by leading biogeographers, the articles cover a wide variety of taxonomic groups, habitat types, and geographic regions. Foundations of Biogeography will be an ideal introduction to the field for beginning students and an essential reference for established scholars of biogeography, ecology, and evolution. List of Contributors John C. Briggs, James H. Brown, Vicki A. Funk, Paul S. Giller, Nicholas J. Gotelli, Lawrence R. Heaney, Robert Hengeveld, Christopher J. Humphries, Mark V. Lomolino, Alan A. Myers, Brett R. Riddle, Dov F. Sax, Geerat J. Vermeij, Robert J. Whittaker
| Author | : Hawaii Audubon Society |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 150 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Robert J. Whittaker |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 416 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 0198566115 |
Isolation, extinction, conservation, biodiversity, hotspots.
| Author | : H. Douglas Pratt |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 393 |
| Release | : 2005-05-12 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 019854653X |
| Author | : Serge Morand |
| Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
| Total Pages | : 288 |
| Release | : 2010-07-01 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0191576506 |
Biogeography has renewed its concepts and methods following important recent advances in phylogenetics, macroecology, and geographic information systems. In parallel, the evolutionary ecology of host-parasite interactions has attracted the interests of numerous studies dealing with life-history traits evolution, community ecology, and evolutionary epidemiology. The Biogeography of Host-Parasite Interactions is the first book to integrate these two fields, using examples from a variety of host-parasite associations in various regions, and across both ecological and evolutionary timescales. Besides a strong theoretical component, there is a bias towards applications, specifically in the fields of historical biogeography, palaeontology, phylogeography, landscape epidemiology, invasion biology, conservation biology, human evolution, and health ecology. A particular emphasis concerns emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases linked to global changes.
