Bird Species : How They Arise, Modify and Vanish.

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Main Author: Tietze, Dieter Thomas.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2018.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Fascinating Life Sciences Series
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505 0 |a Intro -- Foreword -- References -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Studying Birds in Time and Space -- 1.1 Why and How to Study Bird Species -- 1.2 Physical and Behavioral Aspects of Birds -- 1.3 The Spatial Component -- 1.4 Ecology Matters: Bird Species in the Anthropocene -- References -- Chapter 2: Integrative Taxonomy of Birds: The Nature and Delimitation of Species -- 2.1 The Centrality of Species -- 2.2 Why Is There a Species Problem? -- 2.2.1 Monism vs. Pluralism -- 2.2.2 Realism vs. Anti-realism -- 2.2.3 Theoretical vs. Operational -- 2.2.4 Pattern vs. Process -- 2.2.5 Prospective vs. Historical -- 2.2.6 Concerns by End Users -- 2.3 The Lineage Concept -- 2.4 Corollaries of the Lineage Concept -- 2.5 Integrative Taxonomy -- 2.5.1 Why Multiple Data? -- 2.5.2 Why Integrate? -- 2.6 Strengths of Integrative Taxonomy -- 2.7 What Is Not Integrative Taxonomy? -- 2.7.1 Falsification by a ``Defining ́́Species Criterion -- 2.7.2 Standardization of Species Criteria -- 2.8 The Dynamics of Taxonomic Change -- 2.9 The Drivers of Taxonomic Change -- 2.10 Benefits of Integrative Taxonomy to Other Fields -- 2.10.1 Speciation Studies -- 2.10.2 Biogeography -- 2.10.3 Conservation -- 2.11 Remaining Issues -- References -- Suggestion for Further Reading -- Chapter 3: Studying Speciation: Genomic Essentials and Approaches -- 3.1 What Is an Avian Genome? -- 3.1.1 Structure of the Genetic Material -- 3.1.1.1 Noncoding and Coding Regions -- 3.1.1.2 Autosomes Versus Sex Chromosomes -- 3.1.1.3 Nuclear Genome and Mitochondrial Genome -- 3.1.2 The Chicken Model: History and Overview -- 3.2 How Does the Genome ``Work?́́ -- 3.2.1 Replication of the DNA -- 3.2.2 Transcription: RNA Synthesis -- 3.2.3 Translation -- 3.2.4 One Gene: One Function? -- 3.2.5 Categorical vs. Quantitative Traits -- 3.2.6 Phenotypic Plasticity -- 3.3 How Does the Genome Evolve?. 
505 8 |a 3.3.1 Modification of the DNA -- 3.3.2 Mutation -- 3.3.3 Selection -- 3.3.4 Genetic Drift -- 3.3.5 Geographic Variation and Dispersal -- 3.3.6 Recombination and Migration -- 3.3.7 Gene Duplication -- 3.4 How to Study Speciation Using Genomic Features? -- 3.4.1 PCR-Based Molecular Markers -- 3.4.1.1 Ribosomal Genes -- 3.4.1.2 Mitochondrial DNA Markers -- 3.4.1.3 Microsatellites -- 3.4.2 Expressed Sequence Tags -- 3.4.3 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms -- 3.4.4 Restriction-site-associated DNA sequencing -- 3.4.5 Genotyping by sequencing -- 3.4.6 Transcriptomics -- 3.4.7 ``Whole ́́Genome Sequencing -- 3.4.7.1 Different Strategies for Sequencing Genomes -- 3.4.7.2 Limitations of Analyzing Genomes -- 3.4.8 Epigenome -- 3.5 Closing Words -- References -- Chapter 4: Morphological Variation in Birds: Plasticity, Adaptation, and Speciation -- 4.1 General Aspects of Phenotypic Variation in Birds -- 4.2 The Historical Role of Morphological Criteria for Species Delimitation -- 4.3 Phenotypic Variation and Plasticity of Characters -- 4.4 Assessing Morphological Variation -- 4.5 Disentangling Phylogenetic and Adaptive Constraints -- 4.6 A Contemporary Perspective on Morphological Variation -- References -- Chapter 5: Song: The Learned Language of Three Major Bird Clades -- 5.1 Eager Birds: The Advanced Learners -- 5.2 Passerine Song -- 5.3 The Best Singer Takes It All: Female Preference and Sexual Selection -- 5.4 How It All Began: A Brief History of Bioacoustic Studies -- 5.5 Telltale Songs: Evolution and Phylogenetic Information of Vocalizations -- 5.6 Vocal Learning as a Pacemaker of Evolution -- 5.7 Dialects: Spatial Variation -- 5.8 Competition for Acoustic Space: The Role of Ecology -- 5.9 Dialects as a Language Barrier and Isolating Mechanism -- 5.10 Sympathy in Sympatry: Bilingual Birds in a Hybrid Zone -- References. 
505 8 |a Chapter 6: Timing Matters: Allochronic Contributions to Population Divergence -- 6.1 Timing Is Everything! -- 6.2 Clockworks -- 6.3 Allochrony: Differences in Timing Between Individuals, Populations, and Species -- 6.4 Isolation by the Clock -- 6.5 Conclusions -- Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 7: (Micro)evolutionary Changes and the Evolutionary Potential of Bird Migration -- 7.1 History and Geographic Origins -- 7.2 Regulation -- 7.2.1 Variation in Migratory Strategy -- 7.2.2 Migratory Traits Are Inherited -- 7.2.3 Underlying Genetic Architecture: Simple and Common? -- 7.2.4 Marker-Based Approaches: Candidate Genes for Migration -- 7.2.5 Enhancing Scale and Resolution: Genome-Wide Approaches -- 7.3 Population Differentiation and Speciation -- References -- Chapter 8: Avian Diversity and Distributions and Their Evolution Through Space and Time -- 8.1 Spatiotemporal Diversification of Modern Birds -- 8.2 Global Distribution and Diversity Patterns -- 8.3 Geography of Speciation -- 8.4 Vicariance vs. Dispersal and the Dynamics of Range Evolution in Birds -- References -- Chapter 9: Modeling Avian Distributions and Niches: Insights into Invasions and Speciation in Birds -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 The Conceptual Background of SDMs or What Is a Niche? -- 9.3 How to Build a Species Distribution Model? -- 9.3.1 Occurrence Data -- 9.3.2 Predictor Variables -- 9.3.3 Algorithms -- 9.3.4 Niche Comparisons -- 9.4 Niche Conservatism -- 9.5 Evaluating Avian Invasions -- 9.6 Speciation and Niche Evolution -- 9.7 Assisting Taxonomy -- References -- Chapter 10: Phylogeography and the Role of Hybridization in Speciation -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Some General Observations from Avian Phylogeography: Historical Population Size Changes and Introgression -- 10.3 Phylogeography, Sex Chromosomes, and Speciation. 
505 8 |a 10.4 Bird Species with No Known or Very Few Genetic Differences -- 10.5 Hybrid Zones: A Closer Look -- 10.5.1 Suture Zones and Multiple Hybrid Zones -- 10.5.2 Detail Emerging from Single Species and Hybrid Zones: Three Case Studies -- 10.6 Mitonuclear Incompatibility, Hybridization, and Speciation -- 10.7 Ring Species as a Special Case of Divergence with Gene Flow: Are There Any Surviving Examples? -- 10.8 Hybrid Species -- 10.8.1 Hybrid Zones Sometimes Move -- 10.9 A View to the Future -- References -- Chapter 11: Ecological Speciation: When and How Variation Among Environments Can Drive Population Divergence -- 11.1 Approaches Toward the Study of Speciation -- 11.2 Four Ways to Increase Ecological Performance: Which May Each Drive Speciation -- 11.3 Ecological Speciation Driven by Natural Selection -- 11.4 Ecological Speciation Driven by Phenotypic Plasticity -- 11.5 Ecological Speciation Driven by Adjustment of the Environment -- 11.6 Ecological Speciation Driven by Selection of the Environment -- 11.7 Feedbacks Between Plasticity, Adjusting the Environment, Selection of the Environment, and Natural Selection -- References -- Chapter 12: Climate Change Impacts on Bird Species -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Birds and Climate Change: Is There an Impact? -- 12.2.1 Climate Change Indicators -- 12.3 What Are the Consequences of Climate Change for Birds? -- 12.4 Projections of Potential Climate Change Impacts: What Else Is Waiting for Us? -- 12.5 Do Niches and Interactions with Abiotic and Biotic Environment ``Evolve?́́ -- 12.6 Conservation Implications -- References -- Chapter 13: Impact of Urbanization on Birds -- 13.1 A Brief History of Urbanization -- 13.2 Birds and the City -- 13.2.1 Species Vanish from the City -- 13.2.2 Species Flourish or Persist in the City -- 13.2.3 Species Change -- 13.3 Urban Environment as a Barrier for Movement. 
505 8 |a 13.4 The Urban Drivers -- 13.5 Phenotypic Changes and Responses as a Result of Urban Life -- 13.5.1 Physiology -- 13.5.1.1 Stress Physiology and Its Implications -- 13.5.1.2 Nutritional Physiology and Its Implications -- 13.5.2 Behavior -- 13.5.2.1 Behavioral Responses to Chemical Pollution -- 13.5.2.2 Behavioral Responses to Noise -- 13.5.2.3 Behavioral Responses to ALAN -- 13.6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Glossary. 
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