TY  - BOOK
AU  - Birkhead,Tim
AU  - Wimpenny,Jo
AU  - Montgomerie,Robert D.
TI  - Ten Thousand Birds: Ornithology since Darwin 
SN  - 9781400848836
AV  - QL684.A4 .B384 2014 
U1  - 598.29798 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Darwin, Charles,
KW  - Ornithology
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 20th century
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Ornithologists
KW  - Birds
KW  - Evolution (Biology)
KW  - Ornithologie
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 19e siècle
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - 21e siècle
KW  - Ornithologues
KW  - Oiseaux
KW  - ornithologists
KW  - aat
KW  - NATURE
KW  - Animals
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Birdwatching Guides
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - Life Sciences
KW  - Zoology
KW  - Natural History
KW  - fast
KW  - Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
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ER  -