Avian Brood Parasites - Deception At the Nest

Zusatztext '...Nowhere else can such a rich and useful compendium be found between two covers...No other source provides so much information about the basic biolgoy of so many brood parasites.' Klappentext This book 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 behavioral adaptation. Zusammenfassung This book 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part One: Comparative Biology 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 Part Two: The Avian Brood Parasites I.: Waterfowl (Family Anatidae) II.: Honeyguides (Family Indicatoridae) III.: Old World Cuckoos (Family Cuculidae) IV.American Ground-cuckoos (Family Neomorphidae) V.: African Parasitic Finches (Family Passeridae) VI.: Parasitic Cowbirds (Tribe Icterini) Part Three: Appendices 1.: Glossary 2.: Latin Names of Birds

Product details

• Authors: Paul A Johnsgard, Paul A. Johnsgard
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.1997
• EAN: 9780195110425
• ISBN: 978-0-19-511042-5
• No. of pages: 422
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ornithology, Zoology: birds (ornithology), Birds (ornithology), Animal behaviour, Animal Ecology, Ethology and animal behaviour, Zoology and animal sciences