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| Other authors / contributors: | Diamond, Jared M.
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| ISBN: | 9780195349665
0195349660
0195141709
9780195141702
1280835036
9781280835032
9786610835034
6610835039
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-464) and indexes.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | Origins and Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part 1. Northern Melanesia's Physical and Biological Environment. 1. Geology and geological history. 2. Climate. 3. Habitats and vegetation. 4. Terrestrial vertebrates other than birds. Part 2. Human History and Impacts. 5. Human history. 6. Ornithological exploration of Northern Melanesia. 7. Exterminations of bird populations. Part 3. The Northern Melanesia Avifauna. 8. Family composition. 9. Determinants of island species number. 10. Level of endemism, habitat preference, and abundance of each species. 11. Overwater dispersal ability of each speci.
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| Other form: | Print version: Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005. Birds of northern Melanesia. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001 0195141709 9780195141702
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