The Hawaiian Honeycreepers: Drepanidinae

by H. Douglas Pratt

The Hawaiian Honeycreepers are typified by nectar feeding, their bright colouration and canary-like songs. They are considered one of the finest examples of adaptive radiation, even more diverse than Darwin's Galapagos finches, as a wide array of different species has evolved in all the
different niches provided by the Hawaiian archipelago. The book will therefore be of interest to evolutionary biologists and ecologists as well as professional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019854653X
• ISBN13: 9780198546535
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 2.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.8" x 10.0"