Genetics and the Extinction of Species
Genetics and the Extinction of Species

Author: Laura Landweber

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 1999-07-21

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780691009711

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In this collection, a team of leading biologists demonstrates why the burgeoning field of conservation biology must continue to rely on the insights of population genetics if we are to preserve the diversity of living species.

Bird Conservation 2
Bird Conservation 2

Author: Stanley A. Temple

Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press

Published: 1985-05-31

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780299102241

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Concerned conservationists and professional and amateur ornithologists alike welcomed the inauguration, in 1983, of Bird Conservation. Sponsored by the U.S. Section of the International Council for Bird Preservation, the ambitious project was designed to provide a yearly overview of current research and key ecological topics in the field of bird conservation. This, the second yearbook of the series, includes essays by leading ecologists and ornithologists and focuses on a range of issues critical to island birds--among them, the status of endangered birds of Micronesia, the distribution and abundance of Hawaiian native birds, the vulnerability of endemic island birds to extinction, and bird conservation efforts in the United States Caribbean. Also included are concise reports on recent bird conservation activities and research and an annotated bibliography of relevant literature.

The Hawaiian Honeycreepers
The Hawaiian Honeycreepers

Author: H. Douglas Pratt

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2005-05-12

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 0191524034

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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 and amateur 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 outstanding illustrations of these birds to accompany his text.

The Hawaiian Honeycreepers, Drepanidinae
The Hawaiian Honeycreepers, Drepanidinae

Author: Harold Douglas Pratt

Publisher:

Published: 2023

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781383027457

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Honeycreepers, with their bright colouration and canary-like songs, are famed for their unique evolutionary history as a geographically isolated group that has undergone a spectacular burst of adaptations to the islands of the Hawaiian archipelago.