The avian brood parasites [[electronic resource] ] : deception at the nest / / Paul A. Johnsgard

• Autore: Johnsgard Paul A
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (422 p.)
• Disciplina: 598.2556
• Soggetto topico: Parasitic birds; Brood parasites
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-396) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 ; OP; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The avian brood parasites
• ISBN: 0-19-770027-6; 1-280-52922-9; 9786610529223; 0-19-535499-0; 1-4294-1568-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784997203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II