Trends in ornithology research / Pedro K. Ulrich and Julien H. Willett, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ulrich, Pedro K.

Willett, Julien H.

Series:

Birds - Evolution, Behavior and Ecology

Birds-- evolution, behavior and ecology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ornithology.

Zoology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Birds are a commonly acknowledged indicator of biodiversity. This book presents an indigenous perspective on the effects of traditional activities on birds. The book puts together different approaches and perspectives to study bird-flower interaction networks, reinforcing the idea of communities displaying high connectedness.

Contents:

""TRENDS IN ORNITHOLOGY RESEARCH ""; ""TRENDS IN ORNITHOLOGY RESEARCH ""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""On the Trail of Early Birds: A Review of the Fossil Footprint Record of Avian Morphological and Behavioral Evolution""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Naming and Classifying Fossil Bird Tracks""; ""A Review of Important Fossil Bird Footprint Discoveries""; ""Early perceptions and reports of fossil bird tracks: 1830's-1920's""; ""The naming of the first bird tracks: 1930's""; ""The 1960's: attempts to standardize Cenozoic avian ichnotaxonomy""

""Expanding the track record of Cretaceous birds: 1990s-present""""Synthesis""; ""Dominant Track Types in the Fossil Record""; ""Problems of Ichnotaxonomic Synonymy and Preservation""; ""Lumping, splitting and synonymy""; ""The Avipeda problem: a case study""; ""Ichnofamilies and morphofamilies""; ""The ultimate aims of ichnotaxonomy""; ""Geographical and Geochronological Distribution Patterns""; ""Behavioral Interpretations""; ""Collective paleoecology and ichnofacies perspectives""; ""Individual behavior""; ""Consistency between the Avian Track and Bone Records""

""Evolutionary Significance""""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Trophic Relationships and Mechanisms of Ecological Segregation among Heron Species in the Parana River Floodplain (Birds: Ardeidae)""; ""1 Instituto Nacional de LimnologÃa (INALI, CONICET - UNL), Paraje El Pozo s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina""; ""2 Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo de La Plata (U.N.L.P.), Paseo del Bosque s/n, (1900) La Plata , Buenos Aires, Argentina""; ""3 Centro de Investigación CientÃfica y Tecnológica con Transferencia a la Producción (CONICET)""

""Great egret""""Black-crowned night-heron""; ""Trophic Diversity""; ""Cocoi Heron""; ""Striated heron""; ""Cattle egret""; ""Rufescent tiger-heron""; ""Whistling heron""; ""Snowy egret""; ""Stripe-backed bittern""; ""Great egret""; ""Black-crowned night-heron""; ""Diet Overlap""; ""Trophic Niche Amplitude""; ""Dietary Efficiency""; ""Size of Prey""; ""Cocoi Heron""; ""Striated heron""; ""Cattle egret""; ""Rufescent tiger-heron""; ""Whistling heron""; ""Snowy egret""; ""Stripe-backed bittern""; ""Great egret""; ""Black-crowned night-heron""; ""Dietary Selectivity""

""Rhythm of the Feeding Activity""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61942-326-X

OCLC:

923653381