Darwins Island

Author : Steve Jones
Publisher : Abacus Software
ISBN 13 : 9780349121413
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Darwin's Island written by Steve Jones and published by Abacus Software. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Origin of Species may be the most famous book in science but its stature tends to obscure much of Charles Darwin's other works. His visit to the Galapagos lasted just five weeks and on his return he never left Britain again.

Author : Peter R. Grant
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691160465
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 40 Years of Evolution written by Peter R. Grant and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-06 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important look at a groundbreaking forty-year study of Darwin's finches Renowned evolutionary biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant have produced landmark studies of the Galápagos finches first made famous by Charles Darwin. In How and Why Species Multiply, they offered a complete evolutionary history of Darwin's finches since their origin almost three million years ago. Now, in their richly illustrated new book, 40 Years of Evolution, the authors turn their attention to events taking place on a contemporary scale. By continuously tracking finch populations over a period of four decades, they uncover the causes and consequences of significant events leading to evolutionary changes in species. The authors used a vast and unparalleled range of ecological, behavioral, and genetic data—including song recordings, DNA analyses, and feeding and breeding behavior—to measure changes in finch populations on the small island of Daphne Major in the Galápagos archipelago. They find that natural selection happens repeatedly, that finches hybridize and exchange genes rarely, and that they compete for scarce food in times of drought, with the remarkable result that the finch populations today differ significantly in average beak size and shape from those of forty years ago. The authors' most spectacular discovery is the initiation and establishment of a new lineage that now behaves as a new species, differing from others in size, song, and other characteristics. The authors emphasize the immeasurable value of continuous long-term studies of natural populations and of critical opportunities for detecting and understanding rare but significant events. By following the fates of finches for several generations, 40 Years of Evolution offers unparalleled insights into ecological and evolutionary changes in natural environments.

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 : 9780146001444
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Galapagos Islands written by Charles Darwin and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1996 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Steve Jones
Publisher : Little Brown GBR
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Darwin's Island written by Steve Jones and published by Little Brown GBR. This book was released on 2009 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Explores the domestic Darwin, the sage of Kent, and brings his work to a new audience. Great Britain was Charles Darwin's other island, its countryside as much, or more, a place of discovery as had been the Galapagos. Darwin's island traces the great naturalist's journey across Britain's modest landscape: a voyage not of the body, but of the mind"--Jacket.

Author : K. Thalia Grant
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691142106
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Darwin in Galápagos written by K. Thalia Grant and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-11-22 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recreates the scientist's historic visit to the Galapagos Islands using his original notebooks and logs, the latest findings by scholars and researchers, and the authors' first-hand knowledge of the archipelago.

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 152878975X
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Voyage of the Beagle written by Charles Darwin and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1839, “The Voyage of the Beagle” is the book written by Charles Darwin that chronicles his experience of the famous survey expedition of the ship HMS Beagle. Part travel memoir, part scientific field journal, it covers such topics as biology, anthropology, and geology, demonstrating Darwin's changing views and ideas while he was developing his theory of evolution. A book highly recommended for those with an interest in evolution and is not to be missed by collectors of important historical literature. Contents include: “St. Jago—Cape De Verd Islands”, “Rio De Janeiro”, “Maldonado”, “Rio Negro To Bahia Blanca”, “Bahia Blanca”, “Bahia Blanca To Buenos Ayres”, “Banda Oriental And Patagonia”, etc. Charles Robert Darwin (1809–1882) was an English geologist, naturalist, and biologist most famous for his contributions to the science of evolution and his book “On the Origin of Species” (1859). This classic work is being republished now in a new edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

Author : Tui de Roy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Wildlife
ISBN 13 : 9781472966964
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Galapagos written by Tui de Roy and published by Bloomsbury Wildlife. This book was released on 2019-02-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sumptuous large-format book was first produced in 2009 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Charles Darwin Foundation on Galapagos. The book comprises a series of invited essays under the editorship of world-renowned photographer and long-term Galapagos resident, Tui de Roy, who has also provided most of the photographs. The authoritative essays cover the entire spectrum of Galapagos wildlife including the marine environment, unique vegetation such as sunflower trees as well as wildlife including giant tortoises, marine iguanas, sea lions and the Galapagos finches that inspired Darwin's theory of evolution. This new edition has significant updates to a number of chapters including brand new photography and information about scientific developments elsewhere and a new jacket.

Author : Ian W. B. Thornton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Darwin's Islands written by Ian W. B. Thornton and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lindsay Galvin
Publisher : Chicken House
ISBN 13 : 1761123610
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Darwin's Dragons written by Lindsay Galvin and published by Chicken House. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Syms Covington has landed the job of a lifetime on Charles Darwin’s ship. But after being shipwrecked on a Galapagos island, he makes a discovery that could change the world—and make his fortune. Should he share his find, or will it lead to the extinction of a legendary species?

Author : Judith Denkinger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3319027697
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Galapagos Marine Reserve written by Judith Denkinger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-01-24 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on how marine systems respond to natural and anthropogenic perturbations (ENSO, overfishing, pollution, tourism, invasive species, climate-change). Authors explain in their chapters how this information can guide management and conservation actions to help orient and better manage, restore and sustain the ecosystems services and goods that are derived from the ocean, while considering the complex issues that affect the delicate nature of the Islands. This book will contribute to a new understanding of the Galapagos Islands and marine ecosystems.​