The flying zoo : birds, parasites, and the world they share / Michael Stock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stock, Michael (Terrance Michael), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birds--Ecology.

Birds.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 260 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Edmonton, Alberta : University of Alberta Press, [2019]

Summary:

"An enthusiastic zoological tribute to birds and the parasites that live in and on them is revealed in Michael Stock's exposé, The Flying Zoo. From the Crozet Archipelago and the Galapagos Islands to our backyards, parasites--fleas, lice, ticks, flukes--live in both sinister and symbiotic interdependency with host birds. Written with a scientist's exuberance of the beauty of pattern in nature, a co-evolutionary dance unfolds among an astounding cast of creatures living in a complex and paradoxical co-habitation. It is the contemporary follow-up to the classic Fleas, Flukes & Cuckoos. Students of biology, their instructors, and birders alike will want this volume on their shelves, as will natural history readers looking for a new tale of tails."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A World on a Bird

Lice

Fleas

Tough Ticks

Mites

Flying Zoo Flies

The Worms that Ate the Bird

Oddities in the Flying Zoo

Flying Zoo Behaviour

Environmental Impacts.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781772124408

1772124400