A Red Bird in a Brown Bag (inbunden)
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Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
332
Utgivningsdatum
2002-10-01
Upplaga
illustrated ed
Förlag
OUP USA
Illustrationer
figs. 3halftones
Dimensioner
242 x 163 x 21 mm
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595 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
52:B&W 6.14 x 9.21in or 234 x 156mm (Royal 8vo) Case Laminate on White w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9780195148480

A Red Bird in a Brown Bag

The Function and Evolution of Colorful Plumage in the House Finch

av Geoffrey E Hill
Inbunden,  Engelska, 2002-10-01
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This book is an uncommonly engaging study on the evolution of sexual selection in birds, as addressed through a particularly well developed research program by a superb ornitholoigst, with good credibility also in the evolutionary biology community. The book also gives an engaging portrait of the challenges and constraints of experimental design facing any field investigator working with animal behaviour. Hill's book should serve as a model for a focused scholarly book with broader potential appeal, and it should sell very well to ornithologists and serious amateurs, and also to evolutionary biologists and behavioural ecologists.
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Bird Study Hill's book is, thus far, probably the most complete study of the function and control of plumage pigmentation in a single bird species. It was an easy read because of Hill's ability to write clearly and creatively, and to present ideas in a logical order.

Ibis Geoff Hill shows just how valuable it is to tackle a topic from many directions and to stick at it: new research avenues always emerge ... in this book you will find him fairly open-minded and receptive to a multifactorial explanation. A very good read.

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Part 1: Prelude; 1. Darwinism and Wallacism: A Brief Account of the Long History of the Study of Plumage Coloration; 2. A Red Bird in a Brown Bag: An Introduction to the House Finch; 3. In the Eye of the Beholder: Color Vision and the Quantification of Colour; Part 2: The Proximate Control and Function of Red Plumage; 4. You Are What You Eat: Plumage Pigments and Carotenoid Physiology; 5. A Matter of Condition: The Effect of Environment on Plumage Coloration; 6. Darwin Vindicated: Female Choice and Sexual Selection in the House Finch; 7. Fine Fathers and Good Genes: The Direct and Indirect benefits of female choice; 8. Studs, Duds, and Studly Duds: Plumage Coloration, Hormones, and Dominance; 9. The Feeling's Mutual: Female Plumage Coloration and Male Mate Choice; Part 3: Biogeography and the Evolution of Colorful Plumage; 10. From the Halls of Montezuma, to the Shores of Tripoli (New York): Populations, Subspecies, and Geographic Variation in Ornamental Coloration; 11. Why Red?: The Evolution of Color Display; Epilogue; Glossary

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