SOMES REFERENCES
A fabulous synthesis of current knowledge on the evolution of life.
- The Origin and Evolution of Birds, 2nd Edition.-Alan Feduccia. 1999. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut. x + 466 pp.
Even if Alan Feduccia avanced controversed arguments, "The Origin and Evolution of Birds is still by far the best treatment of the subject that is currently available".
(Read the entire article : Origin and Evolution of Birds, 2nd Edition, The Auk, Oct 2000 by Bock, Walter J)
- Birds of Western Paleartic D. W. Snow and C. M. Perrins - Interactive CD/DVD-ROM
A fabulous tool to learn. "The original BWP was published in 9 volumes costing £90 each. The intention was to produce the ultimate work of reference, distilling everything that had been published on each species up to that point. Hence, with over 7000 pages of text, this remains THE standard reference for every birdwatcher" . (Read the entire article : BIRDGUIDES presenting BWPi)
A crowd of details on the fossils which make us understand the evolution of the life.
The impossible to circumvent main site for molecular biologists.
Essential for the excursions of the ornithologists. It's the french version of the Collins Bird Guide by Lars Svensson, Peter J. Grant, Killian Mullarney, Dan Zetterstrom, David Christie.
- Evolution PBS web site
A beautiful web site with a lot of interesting articles.
