A concise history of ornithology / Michael Walters.

Author/creator Walters, Michael, 1942-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press, ©2003.
Description255 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Early times -- The renaissance of ornithology -- Eighteenth century systems: Linneaus, Brisson & Buffon and their legacy -- Pallas and the new awakening -- Explorations of the eighteenth century -- The germans and the dutch -- The beginnings of american ornithology -- The quinary and other nineteenth century systems -- New theories and explanations in the Far East -- The turn of the nineteenth century and the intorduction of trinomials -- Ornithology and ornithologists in the twentieth century.
Local noteLittle-346431--305131051826Z
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 239-250) and index.
LCCN 2003104752
ISBN0300090730
ISBN9780300090734

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks QL672.7 .W36 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold