The avian brood parasites : deception at the nest / Paul A. Johnsgard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnsgard, Paul A. (Paul Austin), 1931- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parasitic birds.

Brood parasites.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (422 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Bibliography: p379-396. _ Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-396) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770027-6

1-280-52922-9

9786610529223

0-19-535499-0

1-4294-1568-1

OCLC:

466428103