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How Birds Evolve - What Science Reveals about Their Origin, Lives, and Diversity (Hardcover)
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How Birds Evolve - What Science Reveals about Their Origin, Lives, and Diversity (Hardcover)
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A marvelous journey into the world of bird evolution How Birds
Evolve explores how evolution has shaped the distinctive
characteristics and behaviors we observe in birds today. Douglas
Futuyma describes how evolutionary science illuminates the wonders
of birds, ranging over topics such as the meaning and origin of
species, the evolutionary history of bird diversity, and the
evolution of avian reproductive behaviors, plumage ornaments, and
social behaviors. In this multifaceted book, Futuyma examines how
birds evolved from nonavian dinosaurs and reveals what we can learn
from the "family tree" of birds. He looks at the ways natural
selection enables different forms of the same species to persist,
and discusses how adaptation by natural selection accounts for the
diverse life histories of birds and the rich variety of avian
parenting styles, mating displays, and cooperative behaviors. He
explains why some parts of the planet have so many more species
than others, and asks what an evolutionary perspective brings to
urgent questions about bird extinction and habitat destruction.
Along the way, Futuyma provides an insider's perspective on how
biologists practice evolutionary science, from studying the fossil
record to comparing DNA sequences among and within species. A
must-read for bird enthusiasts and curious naturalists, How Birds
Evolve shows how evolutionary biology helps us better understand
birds and their natural history, and how the study of birds has
informed all aspects of evolutionary science since the time of
Darwin.
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