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Where Song Began: Australia's Birds And How They Changed TheWorld
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Writing on half title page. Corner creases. Pages of text are clean, lightly age toned and free of markings. Binding is tight and secure. ***Shipped within 24 hours from the beautiful Baltimore inner harbor area. First class service; accurate descriptions. Most items packed in boxes, not envelopes.***. Seller Inventory # 004947
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Where Song Began: Australia's Birds and How They Changed the World
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Ringwood, Vic; Penguin/Viking; 2014, 2014
ISBN 10: 0670077968
ISBN 13: 9780670077960
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paperback in good condition, pages tanned; 406 pages, colour photos. Seller Inventory # 89698
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Where Song Began: Australian Birds and How They Changed The World
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Viking, Australia, 2014
ISBN 10: 0670077968
ISBN 13: 9780670077960
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Renowned for its unusual mammals, Australia is a land of birds that are just as unusual, just as striking, a result of the continent's tens of millions of years of isolation. Compared with birds elsewhere, ours are more likely to be intelligent, aggressive and loud, to live in complex societies, and are long-lived. They're also ecologically more powerful, exerting more influences on forests than other birds. But unlike the mammals, the birds did not keep to Australia; they spread around the globe. Australia provided the world with its songbirds and parrots, the most intelligent of all bird groups. It was thought in Darwin's time that species generated in the Southern Hemisphere could not succeed in the Northern, an idea that was proven wrong in respect of birds in the 1980s but not properly accepted by the world's scientists until 2004 because, says Tim Low, most ornithologists live in the Northern Hemisphere. As a result, few Australians are aware of the ramifications, something which prompted the writing of this book. Tim Low has a rare gift for illuminating complex ideas in highly readable prose, and making of the whole a dynamic story. Here he brilliantly explains how our birds came to be so extraordinary, including the large role played by the foods they consume (birds, too, are what they eat), and by our climate, soil, fire, and Australia's legacy as a part of Gondwana. The story of its birds, it turns out, is inseparable from the story of Australia itself, and one that continues to unfold, so much having changed in the last decade about what we know of our ancient past. Where Song Began also shines a light on New Guinea as a biological region of Australia, as much a part of the continent as Tasmania. This is a work that goes far beyond the birds themselves to explore the relationships between Australia's birds and its people, and the ways in which scientific prejudice have hindered our understanding. 406 pages. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Animals & Nature::Birds / Ornithology; Animals & Birds; ISBN/EAN: 9780670077960. Inventory No: 278888. Seller Inventory # 278888
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Where Song Began: Australia's Birds And How They Changed The World
Seller: Lily Books, Armidale, NSW, Australia
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Very small spot on book block. Small crease in back cover. Australia is known as the land of marsupials, but it's birds are even mor extraordinary. Compared with those elsewhere, they're more likely to be intelligent, aggressive, loud, long-lived, and to live in complex societies. They're also ecologically more powerful, having profoundly influenced Australia's forests. And unlike the mammals, some of them have spread around the globe: more than half the world's birds, including all its songbirds and parrots, many pigeons, and even the dodo, can be traced back to Australia. No other continent has been as important for bird evolution. Winner of the 2015 ABIA Award. Seller Inventory # 001231
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Where Song Began
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Penguin Random House Australia, Australia, Hawthorn, 2014
ISBN 10: 0670077968
ISBN 13: 9780670077960
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Where Song Began
Seller: Rotary Charity Books, Albert Park, VIC, Australia
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Condition of Paperback Book: Very Good Tim Low, award-winning author of Feral Future, in an eye-opening book on the unique nature of Australian birds and their role in ecology and global evolution. Renowned for its unusual mammals, Australia is a land of birds that are just as unusual, just as striking, a result of the continent's tens of millions of years of isolation. Compared with birds elsewhere, ours are more likely to be intelligent, aggressive and loud, to live in complex societies, and are long-lived. They're also ecologically more powerful, exerting more influences on forests than other birds. But unlike the mammals, the birds did not keep to Australia; they spread around the globe. Australia provided the world with its songbirds and parrots, the most intelligent of all bird groups. It was thought in Darwin's time that species generated in the Southern Hemisphere could not succeed in the Northern, an idea that was proven wrong in respect of birds in the 1980s but not properly accepted by the world's scientists until 2004 � because, says Tim Low, most ornithologists live in the Northern Hemisphere. As a result, few Australians are aware of the ramifications, something which prompted the writing of this book. Tim Low has a rare gift for illuminating complex ideas in highly readable prose, and making of the whole a dynamic story. Here he brilliantly explains how our birds came to be so extraordinary, including the large role played by the foods they consume (birds, too, are what they eat), and by our climate, soil, fire, and Australia's legacy as a part of Gondwana. The story of its birds, it turns out, is inseparable from the story of Australia itself, and one that continues to unfold, so much having changed in the last decade about what we know of our ancient past. Where Song Began also shines a light on New Guinea as a biological region of Australia, as much a part of the continent as Tasmania. This is a work that goes far beyond the birds themselves to explore the relationships between Australia's birds and its people, and the ways in which scientific prejudice have hindered our understanding. 405pp. Seller Inventory # 1666
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Where Song Began. Australia's Birds and How They Changed the World
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Viking - Penguin Books, Melbourne, 2014
ISBN 10: 0670077968
ISBN 13: 9780670077960
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Soft Cover. Condition: F-. First Edition. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed & creased); pp. [vi], 406 (last blank), with illustrations. A near fine copy. Seller Inventory # 035481
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Where Song Began
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Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As brand new. Seller Inventory # 1395F
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