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Autore |
Johnsgard Paul A |
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Titolo |
The avian brood parasites [[electronic resource] ] : deception at the nest / / Paul A. Johnsgard |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-770027-6 |
1-280-52922-9 |
9786610529223 |
0-19-535499-0 |
1-4294-1568-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (422 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Parasitic birds |
Brood parasites |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-396) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; 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; 6 Waterfowl (Family Anatidae); 7 Honeyguides (Family Indicatoridae); 8 Old World Cuckoos (Family Cuculidae); 9 American Ground-cuckoos (Family Neomorphidae); 10 African Parasitic Finches (Family Passeridae); 11 Parasitic Cowbirds (Tribe Icterini); Appendixes; A: Glossary; B: Latin Names of Birds Mentioned in the Text; References; Taxonomic Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 behavioural adaptation. |
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