References
Selected References
Brooke, M., and T. Birkhead (eds.). 1991. The Cambridge encyclopedia of ornithology. New York, Cambridge University Press. Comprehensive, richly illustrated treatment that includes a survey of all modern bird orders.
Elphick, J. (ed.). 1995. The atlas of bird migration: tracing the great journeys of the world’s birds. New York, Random House. Lavishly illustrated collection of maps of birds’ breeding and wintering areas, migration routes, and many facts about each bird’s migration journey.
Emlen, S. T. 1975. The stellar-orientation system of a migratory bird. Sci. Am. 233:102–111 (Aug.). Describes fascinating research with indigo buntings, revealing their ability to navigate by the center of celestial rotation at night.
Feduccia, A. 1996. The origin and evolution of birds. New Haven, Yale University Press. An updated successor to the author’s The Age of Birds (1980) but more comprehensive; rich source of information on the evolutionary relationships of birds.
Norbert, U. M. 1990. Vertebrate flight. New York, Springer-Verlag. Detailed review of the mechanics, physiology, morphology, ecology, and evolution of flight. Covers bats as well as birds.
Padian, K., and L. M. Chiappe. 1998. The origin of birds and their flight. Sci. Am. 279:38–47. The authors argue that birds evolved from small, predatory dinosaurs that lived on the ground.
Proctor, N. S., and P. J. Lynch. 1993. Manual of ornithology: avian structure and function. New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press.
Sibley, C. G., and J. E. Ahlquist. 1990. Phylogeny and classification of birds: a study in molecular evolution. New Haven, Yale University Press. A comprehensive application of DNA annealing experiments to the problem of resolving avian phylogeny.</em>
Terborgh, J. 1992. Why American songbirds are vanishing. Sci. Am. 266:98–104 (May). The number of songbirds in the United States has been dropping sharply. The author suggests the reasons why.
Terres, J. K. 1980. The Audubon Society encyclopedia of North American birds. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Comprehensive, authoritative, and richly illustrated.
Waldvogel, J. A. 1990. The bird’s eye view. Am. Sci. 78:342–353 (July–Aug.). Birds possess visual abilities unmatched by humans. So how can we know what they really see?
Wellnhofer, P. 1990. Archaeopteryx. Sci. Am., 262:70–77 (May). Description of perhaps the most important fossil ever discovered.
Welty, J. C. and L. Baptista. 1988. The life of birds, ed. 4. Philadelphia, Saunders College Publishing. Among the best of the ornithology texts; lucid style and well illustrated.
Brooke, M., and T. Birkhead (eds.). 1991. The Cambridge encyclopedia of ornithology. New York, Cambridge University Press. Comprehensive, richly illustrated treatment that includes a survey of all modern bird orders.
Elphick, J. (ed.). 1995. The atlas of bird migration: tracing the great journeys of the world’s birds. New York, Random House. Lavishly illustrated collection of maps of birds’ breeding and wintering areas, migration routes, and many facts about each bird’s migration journey.
Emlen, S. T. 1975. The stellar-orientation system of a migratory bird. Sci. Am. 233:102–111 (Aug.). Describes fascinating research with indigo buntings, revealing their ability to navigate by the center of celestial rotation at night.
Feduccia, A. 1996. The origin and evolution of birds. New Haven, Yale University Press. An updated successor to the author’s The Age of Birds (1980) but more comprehensive; rich source of information on the evolutionary relationships of birds.
Norbert, U. M. 1990. Vertebrate flight. New York, Springer-Verlag. Detailed review of the mechanics, physiology, morphology, ecology, and evolution of flight. Covers bats as well as birds.
Padian, K., and L. M. Chiappe. 1998. The origin of birds and their flight. Sci. Am. 279:38–47. The authors argue that birds evolved from small, predatory dinosaurs that lived on the ground.
Proctor, N. S., and P. J. Lynch. 1993. Manual of ornithology: avian structure and function. New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press.
Sibley, C. G., and J. E. Ahlquist. 1990. Phylogeny and classification of birds: a study in molecular evolution. New Haven, Yale University Press. A comprehensive application of DNA annealing experiments to the problem of resolving avian phylogeny.</em>
Terborgh, J. 1992. Why American songbirds are vanishing. Sci. Am. 266:98–104 (May). The number of songbirds in the United States has been dropping sharply. The author suggests the reasons why.
Terres, J. K. 1980. The Audubon Society encyclopedia of North American birds. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Comprehensive, authoritative, and richly illustrated.
Waldvogel, J. A. 1990. The bird’s eye view. Am. Sci. 78:342–353 (July–Aug.). Birds possess visual abilities unmatched by humans. So how can we know what they really see?
Wellnhofer, P. 1990. Archaeopteryx. Sci. Am., 262:70–77 (May). Description of perhaps the most important fossil ever discovered.
Welty, J. C. and L. Baptista. 1988. The life of birds, ed. 4. Philadelphia, Saunders College Publishing. Among the best of the ornithology texts; lucid style and well illustrated.
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