Contributions to the History of Australasian Ornithology Volume 2
Edited by: William E Davis, Jr, Harry F Recher, Walter E Boles
The people and institutions that changed the face of modern ornithology in Australasia.
This hardcover book, the second of a projected three volumes on the history of Australasian ornithology, is an important contribution to the field. + Full description
Volume 2 contains chapters on the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (including: Birds Australia and BirdLife Australia); an 1840s perspective on the depletion of the avifauna of the North Island, New Zealand; history of ornithology at: Museum Victoria, Melbourne, the Australian Museum, Sydney, the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand; Alexander and William Sharp and William John Macleay: their ornithology and museum; environmental ornithology at the Australian Museum; and Australian ornithology in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.
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Hardback | July 2012 | $ 55.00ISBN: 9781877973491 | 532 pages
Publisher: Nuttall Ornithology Club
Illustrations, Photographs
Contents
Chapter 1. Conservation Through Knowledge: A Short History of the First National Ornithologists' Society in AustraliaChapter 2. Depletion of the Avifauna of the North Island of New Zealand: An 1840s Perspective
Chapter 3. Growth and Life Stages of Ornithology in Museum Victoria
Chapter 4. 180 years of Stuff Birds: Ornithology at the Australian Museum
Chapter 5. A History of Ornithology at Canterbury Museum
Chapter 6. Alexander, William Sharp, and William John Macleay: Their Ornithology and Museum
Chapter 7. A History of Environmental Ornithology at the Australian Museum
Chapter 8. History of Australian Ornithology in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
Index
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