Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 492 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-464) and indexes. |
Contents |
Introduction; Part I. Northern Melanesia's Physical and Biological Environment; Part II. Human History and Impacts; Part III. The Northern Melanesian Avifauna; Part IV. Colonization Routes; Part V. Taxonomic Analysis: Differences Among Species; Part VI. Geographic Analysis: Differences Among Islands; Part VII. Synthesis, Conclusions, and Prospects; Maps; Appendices; References; Index. |
Summary |
Origins and Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part 1. Northern Melanesia's Physical and Biological Environment. 1. Geology and geological history. 2. Climate. 3. Habitats and vegetation. 4. Terrestrial vertebrates other than birds. Part 2. Human History and Impacts. 5. Human history. 6. Ornithological exploration of Northern Melanesia. 7. Exterminations of bird populations. Part 3. The Northern Melanesia Avifauna. 8. Family composition. 9. Determinants of island species number. 10. Level of endemism, habitat preference, and abundance of each species. 11. Overwater dispersal ability of each speci. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Birds -- Papua New Guinea -- Bismarck Archipelago.
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Birds. |
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Papua New Guinea -- Bismarck Archipelago. |
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Birds -- Solomon Islands.
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Solomon Islands. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Diamond, Jared M.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005. Birds of northern Melanesia. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001 0195141709 9780195141702 (DLC) 00061148 (OCoLC)44676162 |
ISBN |
9780195349665 (electronic book) |
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0195349660 (electronic book) |
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0195141709 (alkaline paper) |
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9780195141702 |
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