The avian brood parasites : deception at the nest / / Paul A. Johnsgard
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| Autore: |
Johnsgard Paul A
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| Titolo: |
The avian brood parasites : deception at the nest / / Paul A. Johnsgard
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (422 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 598.2556 |
| Soggetto topico: | Parasitic birds |
| Brood parasites | |
| Note generali: | Bibliography: p379-396. _ Includes index. |
| Previously issued in print: 1997. | |
| 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 |
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| 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.: | 9910957917503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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