Darwin's Finches

Klappentext David Lack's 1947 classic work on the finches of the Galapagos Islands (Darwin's Finches) is here reprinted. Zusammenfassung David Lack's classic work on the finches of the Galapagos Islands (Darwin's Finches) was first published in 1947; few books have had such a great impact on evolutionary biology! indeed it is still one of the most succinct and fascinating treatises ever written about the origin of new species. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Description: 1. Galapagos scene; 2. Classification; 3. Ecology; 4. Female plumage; 5. Male plumage and sexual selection; 6. Beak differences and food; 7. Size differences between island forms; 8. Size differences between species; 9. Individual variation; 10. Hybridisation; 11. An evolutionary tree; Part II. Interpretation: 12. The origin of the Galapagos fauna; 13. The origin of subspecies; 14. The origin of species; 15. The persistence of species; 16. Adaptive radiation; Summary; Acknowledgements; Tables of measurements; References; Indexes.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Lack David, David Lack, David Lambert Lack, Lack David
• Mitarbeit: Boag Peter T. (Einführung), Ratcliffe Laurene M. (Einführung)
• Verlag: External catalogues UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 16.03.2010
• EAN: 9780521272421
• ISBN: 978-0-521-27242-1
• Serien: Cambridge Science Classics; Cambridge Science Classics
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Biologie > Zoologie; Ratgeber > Natur; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ornithology, Zoology: birds (ornithology), Birds (ornithology)