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Record Nr.

UNINA9910962490903321

Autore

Mayr Ernst <1904-2005, >

Titolo

The birds of Northern Melanesia : speciation, dispersal and ecology / / Ernst Mayr and Jared M. Diamond

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-770043-8

1-280-83503-6

9786610835034

0-19-534966-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (537 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

598/.09958

Soggetti

Birds - Melanesia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Part I. Northern Melanesia's Physical and Biological Environment; Part II. Human History and Impacts; Part III. The Northern Melanesian Avifauna; Part IV. Colonization Routes; Part V. Taxonomic Analysis: Differences Among Species; Part VI. Geographic Analysis: Differences Among Islands; Part VII. Synthesis, Conclusions, and Prospects; Maps; Appendices; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Ernst Mayr and Jared Diamond decided in 1970 to collaborate on an authoritative monograph presenting their data and interpretations of the evolution of the birds of the Solomon and Bismark Islands. This text is the culmination of their research.