The Hawaiian Honeycreepers : Drepanidinae PDF
by H. Douglas Pratt
Part of the Bird Families of the World series
Description
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 finches, as a wide array of different species has evolved in all the different niches provided by the Hawaiian archipelago.
The book will therefore be of interest to evolutionary biologists and ecologists, as well as professional ornithologists andamateur bird watchers.
As with the other books in the Bird Family of the World series, the work is divided into two main sections.
Part I is an overview of the Hawaiian Honeycreeper evolution and natural history and Part II comprises accounts of each species.
The author has produced his own outstandingillustrations of these birds to accompany his text.
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- Publisher:OUP Oxford
- Publication Date:12/05/2005
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- ISBN:9780191524035
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Publisher:OUP Oxford
- Publication Date:12/05/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9780191524035
