Paul A Johnsgard

The Avian Brood Parasites

Deception at the Nest

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Obligatory brood parasites are birds that reproduce by laying their eggs in the nests of other species. This book discusses the ecological and evolutionary aspects of this remarkable behavioural adaptation.

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This book discusses all of the world's nearly 100 species of obligatory brood parasites--those birds that reproduce only by laying their eggs in the nests of other species--and the ecological and evolutionary aspects of this remarkable behavioral adaptation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. November 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 45g
• ISBN-13: 9780195110425
• ISBN-10: 0195110420
• Artikelnr.: 21540088

Inhaltsangabe

Part One: Comparative Biology
1.: An Overview of Brood Parasitism
2.: Eco-morphology and Interspecific Mimicry
3.: Behavioral and Reproductive Ecology
4.: Breeding Behavior
5.: Host-retaliation: The Co-evolutionary Arms-race
Part Two: The Avian Brood Parasites
I.: Waterfowl (Family Anatidae)
II.: Honeyguides (Family Indicatoridae)
III.: Old World Cuckoos (Family Cuculidae)
IV.American Ground-cuckoos (Family Neomorphidae)
V.: African Parasitic Finches (Family Passeridae)
VI.: Parasitic Cowbirds (Tribe Icterini)
Part Three: Appendices
1.: Glossary
2.: Latin Names of Birds