Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds write by Les Christidis. This book was released on 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Lists all those species of birds that have been recorded from the Australian mainland, Tasmania, island territories and surrounding waters. Based on theauthors' original book The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories, it includes any new species for which records have been accepted by the Records Appraisal Committee of Birds Australia. It also includes all extant and recently extinct (post-1800) native species, as well as new species, accepted vagrants and introduced species that have become established and continue to survive in the wild.
Birds of New Guinea
Birds of New Guinea - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Birds of New Guinea write by Bruce M. Beehler. This book was released on 2016-03-29. Birds of New Guinea available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Gazetteer of New Guinea ornithology [by] Jennifer L. Mandeville and William S. Peckover": pages 560-632.
Australian Bird Guide
Australian Bird Guide - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Australian Bird Guide write by Jeff Davies. This book was released on 2022-10-27. Australian Bird Guide available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020
The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020 write by Stephen T. Garnett. This book was released on 2021-12. The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020 is the most comprehensive review of the status of Australia's avifauna ever attempted. The latest in a series of action plans for Australian birds that have been produced every decade since 1992, it is also the largest. The accounts in this plan have been authored by more than 300 of the most knowledgeable bird experts in the country, and feature far more detail than any of the earlier plans. This volume also includes accounts of over 60 taxa that are no longer considered threatened, mainly thanks to sustained conservation action over many decades. This extensive book covers key themes that have emerged in the last decade, including the increasing impact of climate change as a threatening process, most obviously in Queensland's tropical rainforests where many birds are being pushed up the mountains. However, the effects are also indirect, as happened in the catastrophic fires of 2019/20. Many of the newly listed birds are subspecies confined to Kangaroo Island, where fire destroyed over half the population. But there are good news stories too, especially on islands where there have been spectacular successes with predator control. Such uplifting results demonstrate that when action plans are followed by action on the ground, threatened species can indeed be recovered and threats alleviated.
Bird Species
Bird Species - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bird Species write by Dieter Thomas Tietze. This book was released on 2018-11-19. Bird Species available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The average person can name more bird species than they think, but do we really know what a bird “species” is? This open access book takes up several fascinating aspects of bird life to elucidate this basic concept in biology. From genetic and physiological basics to the phenomena of bird song and bird migration, it analyzes various interactions of birds – with their environment and other birds. Lastly, it shows imminent threats to birds in the Anthropocene, the era of global human impact. Although it seemed to be easy to define bird species, the advent of modern methods has challenged species definition and led to a multidisciplinary approach to classifying birds. One outstanding new toolbox comes with the more and more reasonably priced acquisition of whole-genome sequences that allow causative analyses of how bird species diversify. Speciation has reached a final stage when daughter species are reproductively isolated, but this stage is not easily detectable from the phenotype we observe. Culturally transmitted traits such as bird song seem to speed up speciation processes, while another behavioral trait, migration, helps birds to find food resources, and also coincides with higher chances of reaching new, inhabitable areas. In general, distribution is a major key to understanding speciation in birds. Examples of ecological speciation can be found in birds, and the constant interaction of birds with their biotic environment also contributes to evolutionary changes. In the Anthropocene, birds are confronted with rapid changes that are highly threatening for some species. Climate change forces birds to move their ranges, but may also disrupt well-established interactions between climate, vegetation, and food sources. This book brings together various disciplines involved in observing bird species come into existence, modify, and vanish. It is a rich resource for bird enthusiasts who want to understand various processes at the cutting edge of current research in more detail. At the same time it offers students the opportunity to see primarily unconnected, but booming big-data approaches such as genomics and biogeography meet in a topic of broad interest. Lastly, the book enables conservationists to better understand the uncertainties surrounding “species” as entities of protection.
