Ten Thousand Birds : Ornithology since Darwin / Tim Birkhead, Jo Wimpenny, Bob Montgomerie.
Birkhead, Tim.; Wimpenny, Jo.; Montgomerie, Robert D. (Robert Dennis)
2014
QL684.A4 .B384 2014eb
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Title Ten Thousand Birds : Ornithology since Darwin / Tim Birkhead, Jo Wimpenny, Bob Montgomerie.
Author Birkhead, Tim.
ISBN 9781400848836 (electronic book)
1400848830 (electronic book)
0691151970 (hardcover)
9780691151977 (hardcover)
9781306428880
1306428882
9780691151977 (hardcover)
Imprint Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xvii, 524 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps
Call Number QL684.A4 .B384 2014eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 598.29798
Summary 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. It describes how in the early 1900s pioneering individuals such as Erwin Stresemann, Ernst Mayr, and Julian Huxley recognized the importance of studying live birds in the field, and how this shift thrust ornithology into the mainstream of the biological sciences. The book tells the stories of eccentrics like Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, a pathological liar who stole specimens from museums and quite likely murdered his wife, and describes the breathtaking insights and discoveries of ambitious and influential figures such as David Lack, Niko Tinbergen, Robert MacArthur, and others who through their studies of birds transformed entire fields of biology.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access restricted to authorized users.
Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Added Author Wimpenny, Jo.
Montgomerie, Robert D. (Robert Dennis)
Available in Other Form Ten thousand birds.
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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.

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