02572nam 2200601Ia 450 991078499720332120230421044812.00-19-770027-61-280-52922-997866105292230-19-535499-01-4294-1568-1(CKB)1000000000407348(EBL)272813(OCoLC)466428103(SSID)ssj0000108137(PQKBManifestationID)11138206(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000108137(PQKBWorkID)10017901(PQKB)11777833(Au-PeEL)EBL272813(CaPaEBR)ebr10358348(CaONFJC)MIL52922(MiAaPQ)EBC272813(EXLCZ)99100000000040734819960507d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe avian brood parasites[electronic resource] deception at the nest /Paul A. JohnsgardNew York Oxford University Press19971 online resource (422 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-511042-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-396) and index.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; NOP; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; ZDiscusses 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.Parasitic birdsBrood parasitesParasitic birds.Brood parasites.598.2556Johnsgard Paul A872433MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784997203321The avian brood parasites3794913UNINA