LEADER 04078nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910455491903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-35618-6 010 $a9786612356186 010 $a0-520-92080-5 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520920804 035 $a(CKB)1000000000765493 035 $a(EBL)470820 035 $a(OCoLC)609849890 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000300988 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11947505 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000300988 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10259159 035 $a(PQKB)10922012 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC470820 035 $a(DE-B1597)518660 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520920804 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL470820 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10676229 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235618 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000765493 100 $a19980514d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aKea, bird of paradox$b[electronic resource] $ethe evolution and behavior of a New Zealand parrot /$fJudy Diamond and Alan B. Bond 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc1999 215 $a1 online resource (248 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-21339-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 201-222) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. The Moa's Legacy -- $t2. From Relict to Renegade -- $t3. Hanging Out with the Gang -- $t4. Growing and Learning -- $t5. The Prince and the Pauper -- $t6. From Bounties to Black Markets -- $tAppendix A: List of Common and Scientific Names -- $tAppendix B: Supplementary Tables -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aThe kea, a crow-sized parrot that lives in the rugged mountains of New Zealand, is considered by some a playful comic and by others a vicious killer. Its true character is a mystery that biologists have debated for more than a century. Judy Diamond and Alan Bond have written a comprehensive account of the kea's contradictory nature, and their conclusions cast new light on the origins of behavioral flexibility and the problem of species survival in human environments everywhere.New Zealand's geological remoteness has made the country home to a bizarre assemblage of plants and animals that are wholly unlike anything found elsewhere. Keas are native only to the South Island, breeding high in the rigorous, unforgiving environment of the Southern Alps. Bold, curious, and ingeniously destructive, keas have a complex social system that includes extensive play behavior. Like coyotes, crows, and humans, keas are "open-program" animals with an unusual ability to learn and to create new solutions to whatever problems they encounter.Diamond and Bond present the kea's story from historical and contemporary perspectives and include observations from their years of field work. A comparison of the kea's behavior and ecology with that of its closest relative, the kaka of New Zealand's lowland rain forests, yields insights into the origins of the kea's extraordinary adaptability. The authors conclude that the kea's high level of sociality is a key factor in the flexible lifestyle that probably evolved in response to the alpine habitat's unreliable food resources and has allowed the bird to survive the extermination of much of its original ecosystem. But adaptability has its limits, as the authors make clear when describing present-day interactions between keas and humans and the attempts to achieve a peaceful coexistence. 606 $aKea$xEvolution 606 $aKea$xBehavior 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aKea$xEvolution. 615 0$aKea$xBehavior. 676 $a598.7/1 700 $aDiamond$b Judy$0455970 701 $aBond$b Alan B.$f1946-$01027363 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455491903321 996 $aKea, bird of paradox$92442745 997 $aUNINA