Understanding Bird Behavior : An Illustrated Guide to What Birds Do and Why /

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A vivid, in-depth look at why birds behave as they doBirds are intelligent, sociable creatures that exhibit a wide array of behaviors-from mobbing and mimicking to mating and joint nesting. Why do they behave as they do? Factoring in sound and flock interactions, as well as seasons and habitat, Unde...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tong, Wenfei (Autor)
Otros Autores: Sheldon, Ben C. (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020]
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Birds > Behavior.
NATURE / Animals / Birds.
Californian junco.
Chatham Island robins.
Egyptian vultures.
New Caledonian crows.
alternative mating strategies.
anis.
ant birds.
bishops.
black coucals.
blackcap migration.
bowerbird.
brood divisions.
buffalo weaver.
burrow nests.
caching.
camouflaged eggs.
carrion crows.
chick mimicry.
circadian rhythms.
circannual rhythms.
colored leg bands.
communal larders.
coot chicks.
crested auklet.
crossbills.
crows.
cuckoos.
deception.
delayed dispersal.
eavesdropping.
economics of feeding.
egg and chick recognition.
extra-pair copulations.
fairywrens.
female blue tits.
flamingo.
forced copulation.
fork-tailed drongos.
great tits.
habitat specialization.
heritable egg placement.
hoatzins.
house husbands.
hummingbird battles.
inbreeding avoidance.
infanticide.
kakapo.
leks.
long tails.
long-tailed tits.
male-male competition.
mating systems.
mental time travel.
mixed flocks.
mobbing.
mutual mate choice.
new world warblers.
oxpeckers.
parasitism.
parrot communication.
passerines.
passwords.
polygynous male pied flycatchers.
quails.
raptors.
red collars.
red-backed fairywren.
red-winged blackbird.
risk-taking behavior.
sandgrouse feathers.
selfish begging.
sentinel behavior.
sex differences in migration.
siblicide.
spatial memory.
speciation.
temperate birds.
thermoregulation.
tropical birds.
turkey courting coalitions.
widowbirds.
willow ptarmigan.
winter flocks.
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