Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches
Contributors: Jonathan Weiner (Foreword)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: December 7, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780691048659
Subjects: Animal ecology; Birds (ornithology); Evolution; Life Sciences - Evolution; Organic Evolution; Ornithology; Science; Nature/Ecology; Birds & Birdwatching - General; Biological Sciences; Birds and Natural History; Science / Evolution; Ecology; Finches; Galapagos Islands
First sentence: A MAJOR TASK for biologists is to explain organic diversity in terms of evolutionary principles: to explain why so many different types of species have arisen, and why they vary so much in form, function, and behavior.