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The Avian Brood Parasites Paul A. Johnsgard (Foundation Professor of Biological Sciences, Foundation Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska)

The Avian Brood Parasites By Paul A. Johnsgard (Foundation Professor of Biological Sciences, Foundation Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska)

The Avian Brood Parasites by Paul A. Johnsgard (Foundation Professor of Biological Sciences, Foundation Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska)

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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.

The Avian Brood Parasites Summary

The Avian Brood Parasites: Deception at the Nest by Paul A. Johnsgard (Foundation Professor of Biological Sciences, Foundation Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska)

Obligatory brood parasites are birds that reproduce by laying their eggs in the nests of other species. This book discusses the ecological and evolutionary aspects of this remarkable behavioural adaptation.

The Avian Brood Parasites Reviews

"A useful summary of the natural history of avian brood parasitism" Ostrich
'...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.' * M. de L. Brooke, Ibis, 141, 151-166 *

Table of Contents

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. ; V. African Parasitic Finches (Family Passeridae) ; VI. Parasitic Cowbirds (Tribe Icterini) ; Part Three: Appendices ; 1. Glossary ; 2. Latin Names of Birds

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NPB9780195110425
9780195110425
0195110420
The Avian Brood Parasites: Deception at the Nest by Paul A. Johnsgard (Foundation Professor of Biological Sciences, Foundation Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska)
Paul A. Johnsgard (Foundation Professor of Biological Sciences, Foundation Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska)
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Hardback
Oxford University Press Inc
1998-03-12
422
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