By
Ian Newton, Monks Wood Research Station, Abbots Ripton,Cambs, U.K.
Description
This book should be of value to anyone interested in bird evolution and taxonomy, biogeography, distributional history, dispersal and
migration patterns. It provides an up-to-date synthesis of current knowledge on species formation, and the factors influencing current
distribution patterns. It draws heavily on new information on Earth history, including past glacial and other climatic changes, on new
developments in molecular biology and palaeontology, and on recent studies of bird distribution and migration patterns, to produce a
coherent account of the factors that have influenced bird species diversity and distribution patterns worldwide.
Received the
Best
Bird Book of the Year award for 2004 from
British Birds magazine.
Audience:
Avian evolution, biogeography, and ecology researchers, introductory research and advanced undergraduate students
