Mike Hansell (University of Glasgow)

Bird Nests and Construction Behaviour

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How and why do birds build? The book shows how birds make nests, bowers for male display and tools. Written for those interested in animal behaviour, and behavioural ecology, it will also be absorbing for architects and engineers interested in structures in the natural world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9780521017640
• ISBN-10: 0521017645
• Artikelnr.: 21522421

Inhaltsangabe

1. Animal builders and the importance of bird nests
2. The clutch-nest relationship
3. Standardising the nest description
4. Construction
5. The structure
6. The cost of nest building
7. The selection of a nest site
8. Bowers, building quality and mate assessment
9. The evolution of nest building
Bibliography
Index.