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· 제목 : Feathered Marvels: The Natural History and Extraordinary Lives of Birds (Paperback)
· 분류 : 외국도서 > 과학/수학/생태 > 자연생태 > 동물 > 새
· ISBN : 9781476691886
· 쪽수 : 277쪽
· 출판일 : 2024-02-07
· 분류 : 외국도서 > 과학/수학/생태 > 자연생태 > 동물 > 새
· ISBN : 9781476691886
· 쪽수 : 277쪽
· 출판일 : 2024-02-07
목차
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I—Birds in the Distant Past
- 1. Birds in the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods
- 2. Birds in the Paleogene Period
- Part II—The Lives of Birds
- 3. Adaptation and Diversity
- 4. How Birds Are Different
- 5. Breeding
- 6. Flight and Migration
- 7. Vagrancy and Dispersal
- Part III—Extraordinary Birds
- 8. The Megafauna of the Avian World
- 9. Hoatzin: A Window Into the Past
- 10. Unusual Birds
- Part IV—An Overview of Birds and Their Habitats
- 11. The Classification of Birds
- 12. Perching Birds and Forest Habitats
- 13. Flycatchers
- 14. Hawaiian Honeycreepers: Adaptive Radiation
- 15. Grassland Birds
- 16. Nectar-Feeding Birds
- 17. Wetland Birds
- 18. Seed–and Fruit-Eating Birds
- 19. Trogons
- 20. Oceanic Birds
- 21. Shorebirds
- 22. Birds of Prey
- Part V—Birds in Our World: Today and In the Future
- 23. The Decline of Native Birds
- 24. Can We Support Environmental Conservation?
- Appendix 1: Index of Latin Bird Names
- Appendix 2: Glossary of Terms
- References
- Index
