LEADER 04033nam 22006731 450 001 9910814258903321 005 20120419092050.0 010 $a1-4725-9751-6 010 $a1-283-29421-4 010 $a9786613294210 010 $a1-4081-3732-1 010 $a1-4081-3731-3 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472597519 035 $a(CKB)2670000000122803 035 $a(EBL)773615 035 $a(OCoLC)759167564 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000671248 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12256785 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000671248 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10613707 035 $a(PQKB)11464581 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC773615 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL773615 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10511468 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL329421 035 $a(UtOrBLW)17078710 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000122803 100 $a20150116d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAvian survivors $ethe history and biogeography of Palearctic birds /$fClive Finlayson 210 1$aLondon :$cT. & A.D. Poyser,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (321 p.) 225 0 $aPoyser monographs 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7136-8865-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 279-288) and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introducing the Tertiary; 2. The changing ecology of the Palearctic in the Pleistocene; 3. Origins of Palearctic birds; 4. Corvoidea - shrikes, crows and orioles; 5. Sylvioidea - hirundines, warblers and larks; 6. Paroidea - tits; 7. Muscicapoidea - chats, thrushes, flycatchers and allies; 8. Passeroidea - sparrows, finches, pipits and buntings; 9. Falcons; 10. Terrestrial non-passerines; 11. Owls; 12. Raptors; 13. Gulls, terns, auks and waders; 14. Divers, tubenoses, and waterbirds; 15. Cranes, rails, bustards and cuckoos 327 $a16. Nightjars and swifts17. Pigeons, sandgrouse, tropicbirds, flamingos and grebes; 18. Geese, swans, ducks and gamebirds; 19. Climate and the history of the birds of the Palearctic; 20. Surviving climate change - characteristics of survivors; 21. The Palearctic avifauna of yesterday, today and tomorrow; Appendix 1. Species covered in this book: bioclimatic and ecological features; Appendix 2. European Pleistocene fossil birds; References; Index 330 $a"Using a fresh approach that classifies birds according to their bioclimatic characteristics, Clive Finlayson views the history and distribution of Palearctic birds from a radical new angle. History and chance events play a central role in a story that has its origins before the asteroid impact that finished off the dinosaurs. In this book, Finlayson shows that the avifauna of the Palearctic long predates the glaciations of the last two million years, and had established itself gradually during the turbulent times of the Miocene and Pliocene, the lifting of Tibet and the drying of the continents having a major influence on these birds. Those that made it to the start of the glaciations were equipped to deal with whatever the climate could throw at them. They were the avian survivors, and they are still here with us today. Packed with figures and with a rich colour section, Avian Survivors tells the definitive story of the birds of the Palearctic, across space and time."--Bloomsbury Publishing. 410 0$aPoyser Monographs 606 $aBirds$xEcology$zPalearctic 606 $aBirds$xGeographical distribution 606 $aClimatic changes$xEnvironmental aspects$zPalearctic 606 $2Birds (ornithology) 615 0$aBirds$xEcology 615 0$aBirds$xGeographical distribution. 615 0$aClimatic changes$xEnvironmental aspects 676 $a598.17 700 $aFinlayson$b Clive$f1955-$01677457 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814258903321 996 $aAvian survivors$94112057 997 $aUNINA