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Ajouter le résultat dans votre panier Affiner la recherche Interroger des sources externesA red bird in a brown bag: the function and evolution of colorful plumage in the House Finch / G. E. Hill (2002)
Titre : A red bird in a brown bag: the function and evolution of colorful plumage in the House Finch Type de document : livre Auteurs : G. E. Hill Editeur : New York : Oxford University Press, NY Année de publication : 2002 Importance : 318 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-19-514848-0 Note générale : Inventaire 2008: Pointé en rayon le 10/04/2008 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Colour House finch Sexual selection in animals Résumé : This is an account of studies of the function and evolution of colorful plumage in the House Finch. It is also an engaging study on the evolution of sexual selection in birds and a lively portrait of the challenges and constraints of experimental design facing any field investigator working with animal behavior. Part I sets the stage for modern studies of the function of plumage coloration with a review of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. Part II focuses on the proximate control and present function of plumage coloration. Part III takes a more explicitly evolutionary approach to the study of plumage coloration using biogeography and phylogeny to test hypotheses for why specific forms of plumage color display have evolved. It concludes with an account of comparative studies that have been conducted in the House Finch and other cardueline finches and the insight these studies have provided on the evolution of carotenoid-based ornamental coloration. [Résumé éditeur] Note de contenu : Hbk; En ligne : http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy036/2001051022.html A red bird in a brown bag: the function and evolution of colorful plumage in the House Finch [livre] / G. E. Hill . - New York : Oxford University Press, NY, 2002 . - 318 p.
ISBN : 978-0-19-514848-0
Inventaire 2008: Pointé en rayon le 10/04/2008
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés : Colour House finch Sexual selection in animals Résumé : This is an account of studies of the function and evolution of colorful plumage in the House Finch. It is also an engaging study on the evolution of sexual selection in birds and a lively portrait of the challenges and constraints of experimental design facing any field investigator working with animal behavior. Part I sets the stage for modern studies of the function of plumage coloration with a review of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. Part II focuses on the proximate control and present function of plumage coloration. Part III takes a more explicitly evolutionary approach to the study of plumage coloration using biogeography and phylogeny to test hypotheses for why specific forms of plumage color display have evolved. It concludes with an account of comparative studies that have been conducted in the House Finch and other cardueline finches and the insight these studies have provided on the evolution of carotenoid-based ornamental coloration. [Résumé éditeur] Note de contenu : Hbk; En ligne : http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy036/2001051022.html Exemplaires(1)
Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 67531 Hil_4_67531 Livre Salle des ouvrages 04_Ecologie_animale Disponible
Titre : Signalers and receivers: mechanisms and evolution of arthropod communication Type de document : livre Auteurs : Greenfield, M.D. Editeur : New York : Oxford University Press, NY Année de publication : 2002 Importance : 414 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-19-513452-0 Note générale : Inventaire 2008: Pointé en rayon le 10/04/2008 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Animal communication Arthropoda Behaviour Résumé : In most terrestrial and aquatic habitats, the vast majority of animals transmitting and receiving communicative signals are arthropods. This book presents the story of how this important group of animals use pheromones, sound, vibration, and light for sexual and social communication. Because of their small to minute body size most arthropods have problems sending and receiving acoustic and optical information, each of which have their own severe constraints. Because of these restraints they have developed chemical signaling which is not similarly limited by scale. Presenting the latest theoretical and experimental findings from studies of signaling, it suggests that close parallels between arthropods and vertebrates reflect a very limited number of solutions to problems in behavior that are available within the confines of physical laws. Note de contenu : Hbk; En ligne : http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0612/2001021267-t.html Signalers and receivers: mechanisms and evolution of arthropod communication [livre] / Greenfield, M.D. . - New York : Oxford University Press, NY, 2002 . - 414 p.
ISBN : 978-0-19-513452-0
Inventaire 2008: Pointé en rayon le 10/04/2008
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés : Animal communication Arthropoda Behaviour Résumé : In most terrestrial and aquatic habitats, the vast majority of animals transmitting and receiving communicative signals are arthropods. This book presents the story of how this important group of animals use pheromones, sound, vibration, and light for sexual and social communication. Because of their small to minute body size most arthropods have problems sending and receiving acoustic and optical information, each of which have their own severe constraints. Because of these restraints they have developed chemical signaling which is not similarly limited by scale. Presenting the latest theoretical and experimental findings from studies of signaling, it suggests that close parallels between arthropods and vertebrates reflect a very limited number of solutions to problems in behavior that are available within the confines of physical laws. Note de contenu : Hbk; En ligne : http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0612/2001021267-t.html Exemplaires(1)
Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 67532 Gre_4_67532 Livre Salle des ouvrages 04_Ecologie_animale Disponible
Titre : The role of chromosomal change in plant evolution Type de document : livre Auteurs : Levin, D.A. Editeur : New York : Oxford University Press, NY Année de publication : 2002 Collection : Oxford series in ecology and evolution, NY Importance : 230 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-19-513860-3 Note générale : Inventaire 2008: Pointé en rayon le 21/05/2008 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Ecology Plant chromosomes Plant evolution Résumé : The application of new molecular technology has greatly increased our understanding of the role of chromosomal change in plant evolution. There is now a broad database on genome size variation within and among species and a wide array of nuclear and cytoplasmic genetic markers. There is a variety of literatures addressing this subject but much of it is scattered. This book created a contemporary synthesis or work in this area and addresses issues such as herogeneity, polyploidy, chromosomal rearrangements within species and phenotypic consequences of chromosome doubling. [Résumé éditeur] Note de contenu : Pbk; En ligne : http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy038/2002190385.html The role of chromosomal change in plant evolution [livre] / Levin, D.A. . - New York : Oxford University Press, NY, 2002 . - 230 p.. - (Oxford series in ecology and evolution, NY) .
ISBN : 978-0-19-513860-3
Inventaire 2008: Pointé en rayon le 21/05/2008
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés : Ecology Plant chromosomes Plant evolution Résumé : The application of new molecular technology has greatly increased our understanding of the role of chromosomal change in plant evolution. There is now a broad database on genome size variation within and among species and a wide array of nuclear and cytoplasmic genetic markers. There is a variety of literatures addressing this subject but much of it is scattered. This book created a contemporary synthesis or work in this area and addresses issues such as herogeneity, polyploidy, chromosomal rearrangements within species and phenotypic consequences of chromosome doubling. [Résumé éditeur] Note de contenu : Pbk; En ligne : http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy038/2002190385.html Exemplaires(1)
Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 69461 Lev_9_69461 Livre Salle des ouvrages 09_Génétique_Evolution Disponible
Titre : Bird migration: a general survey Type de document : livre Auteurs : Peter Berthold, Auteur Mention d'édition : 2nd ed. Editeur : New York : Oxford University Press, NY Année de publication : 2001 Collection : Oxford ornithology series, NY num. 12 Importance : 253 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-19-850787-1 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Birds Migration Bird migration: a general survey [livre] / Peter Berthold, Auteur . - 2nd ed. . - New York : Oxford University Press, NY, 2001 . - 253 p.. - (Oxford ornithology series, NY; 12) .
ISBN : 978-0-19-850787-1
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés : Birds Migration Exemplaires(1)
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