Where Song Began by Low, Tim -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Where Song Began Contents ABOUT THE AUTHOR ALSO BY TIM LOW Introduction One Food Worth Defending

Sugar Fuels Noise Successful Trees Climate Survivors Ancient Pollination Where the Big Birds Are Accessible Nectar

Two Forests that Exude Energy

Special Foods The Forest Dominators The Ultimate Aggressor The Dawn of Group Defence

Three The First Song

Northern Orthodoxy Forward Thinking Early Musicians The Australian Way

Four New Guinea: Australia’s Northern Province

Rainforest Finds a New Home What the Birds Reveal Placing New Guinea Australian Birds shown in New Ways

Five Land of Parrots

Aptitude with Attitude Parrots as Problems Parrots as Pets Trees that Store Seed Southern Origins

Six The Last of the Forest Giants

Birds that Kick Gigantism Ecosystem Services Conserving Difficult Birds

Seven Australia as a Centre of Origin

Biogeography as Embarrassing Science Waterfowl and Landfowl Dodos and Hummingbirds South or North? Australia’s Sister Lands Australia as a Centre

Eight The Forest Makers

Asian Immigrants Almost Perfect Dispersal More Fruit Couriers Seed Highways Unwelcome Forest Making

Nine Of Grass and Fire

Grass-assisted Invasion The Volatility of Savanna Fire When Grass is Eaten Grasses as Shrubs Uncertainties Rule Fiery Future

Ten Life in a Liquid Landscape

Sleeping on Air Made to Formula The Great South Wind The New Zealand Factor Ending Isolation Adaptability and Vulnerability Seabirds’ Services Seabirds in Trees

Eleven A Continent Compared

Living with Aggression Nectar Niches Absence as Opportunity Recent Arrivals Birds that Remain Surprising Birds Around the World

Twelve People and Birds

Muttonbirds Early Exploitation Taking by Europeans Gondwanan Pets Protecting Assets Study as Taking Conservation and the Lyrebird Modern Relationships The Ecology of Feeding Birds into the Future

Picture Section Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements Photo Credits Imprint THE BEGINNING