The Hawaiian Honeycreepers : Drepanidinae
H. Douglas. Pratt
Bok Engelsk 2005 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Oxford : : Oxford University Press, UK, , 2005.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (393 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; List of colour plates; List of abbreviations; Plan of the book, names and terms; Honeycreeper Topography; Frequently mispronounced words of Hawaiian origin; PART I: General chapters; PART II: Species accounts; Appendix 1: Honeycreepers in Hawaiian material culture; Appendix 2: Scientific names and families of plants mentioned in the text; Appendix 3: Scientific names, families, and subfamilies of non-Hawaiian birds mentioned in the text; Bibliography; Index. - 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 fi
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| Emner | Drepanididae
Hawaiian honeycreepers Animal ecology. Birds. Vis mer... Adaptiv radiasjon
Draktfugler Evolusjon Finkefamilien Finker Health & Biological Sciences Naturlig utvalg Seleksjon Vertebrates Zoology finker naturlig seleksjon evolusjon Depanididae draktfugler adaptiv radiasjon |
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| ISBN | 019854653X
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