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Published by Penguin Books Australia
ISBN 10: 0143572814ISBN 13: 9780143572817
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ISBN 10: 0143572814ISBN 13: 9780143572817
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ISBN 10: 0143572814ISBN 13: 9780143572817
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Published by Yale University Press, 2016
ISBN 10: 0300221665ISBN 13: 9780300221664
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.75.
Published by Yale University Press, 2016
ISBN 10: 0300221665ISBN 13: 9780300221664
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Published by Penguin Random House Australia, Hawthorn, 2017
ISBN 10: 0143572814ISBN 13: 9780143572817
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The award-winning bestseller that put Australian birds on the world map - nature and science writing at their best.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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Yale University Press September 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 0300221665ISBN 13: 9780300221664
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. Mild wear to book, text is clean and unmarked; binding solid. Moderate wear to dust jacket. Very Good in good dust jacket.
Published by Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2016
ISBN 10: 0300221665ISBN 13: 9780300221664
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Published by Penguin Books Australia
ISBN 10: 0143572814ISBN 13: 9780143572817
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ISBN 10: 0143572814ISBN 13: 9780143572817
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Published by Yale University Press, 2016
ISBN 10: 0300221665ISBN 13: 9780300221664
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Published by Yale University Press, 2016
ISBN 10: 0300221665ISBN 13: 9780300221664
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Published by Penguin Books Australia
ISBN 10: 0143572814ISBN 13: 9780143572817
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Published by Yale University Press, 2016
ISBN 10: 0300221665ISBN 13: 9780300221664
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Published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin, Melbourne, etc., 2014., 2014
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8vo (23x15.5cm), paperback, prelims + 406pp + colour plates. Good condition. Lightly bumped, light crease to spine, mild wear. Pictures available on request.
Published by Yale University Press, 2016
ISBN 10: 0300221665ISBN 13: 9780300221664
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Published by Yale University Press, 2016
ISBN 10: 0300221665ISBN 13: 9780300221664
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Published by Penguin Random House Australia, [Docklands Victoria], 2017
ISBN 10: 0143572814ISBN 13: 9780143572817
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Soft cover. Condition: As New. 405 pages, indexed, illustrated. A pristine, solid copy that has never been opened. "Australia is known as the land of marsupials, but our birds are even more extraordinary. Compared with those elsewhere, they?re more likely to be intelligent, aggressive, loud, long-lived, ecologically, powerful, and to live in complex societies. And unlike the mammals, some 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. (back cover).
Published by Yale University Press, 2016
ISBN 10: 0300221665ISBN 13: 9780300221664
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Published by Yale University Press, 2016
ISBN 10: 0300221665ISBN 13: 9780300221664
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Published by Yale University Press, 2016
ISBN 10: 0300221665ISBN 13: 9780300221664
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Published by Yale Univ Pr, 2016
ISBN 10: 0300221665ISBN 13: 9780300221664
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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 416 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.
Published by Yale University Press, 2014
ISBN 10: 0300221665ISBN 13: 9780300221664
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. An authoritative and entertaining exploration of Australia's distinctive birds and their unheralded role in global evolution. Renowned for its gallery of unusual mammals, Australia is also a land of extraordinary birds. But unlike the mammals, the birds of Australia flew beyond the continent's boundaries and around the globe many millions of years ago. This eye-opening book tells the dynamic but little-known story of how Australia provided the world with songbirds and parrots, among other bird groups, why Australian birds wield surprising ecological power, how Australia became a major evolutionary center, and why scientific biases have hindered recognition of these discoveries. From violent, swooping magpies to tool-making cockatoos, Australia's birds are strikingly different from birds of other lands - often more intelligent and aggressive, often larger and longer-lived. Tim Low, a renowned biologist with a rare storytelling gift, here presents the amazing evolutionary history of Australia's birds. The story of the birds, it turns out, is inseparable from the story of the continent itself and also the people who inhabit it.
Published by Yale University Press, 2016
ISBN 10: 0300221665ISBN 13: 9780300221664
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Hardback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. An authoritative and entertaining exploration of Australia's distinctive birds and their unheralded role in global evolution.
Published by Yale University Press, 2016
ISBN 10: 0300221665ISBN 13: 9780300221664
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Published by Yale University Press, 2016
ISBN 10: 0300221665ISBN 13: 9780300221664
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Published by Yale University Press, 2016
ISBN 10: 0300221665ISBN 13: 9780300221664
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Published by Yale University Press, 2016
ISBN 10: 0300221665ISBN 13: 9780300221664
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Published by Yale University Press (YUP), New Haven, 2016
ISBN 10: 0300221665ISBN 13: 9780300221664
Seller: BOOKHOME SYDNEY, Annandale Sydney, NSW, Australia
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1st US ed. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour photos, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear jacket. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 405 pp. Tim Low, who has spent many years as a biologist, has written a rich and revealing story of the Australian continent itself, from the deep past to the human present. This book is full of information which will change the way you think about the importance of birds in the environment.