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Helpers at birds' nests : a worldwide survey of cooperative breeding and related behavior /
"In Helpers at Birds' Nests, renowned naturalist and ornithologist Alexander Skutch provides vivid, detailed accounts of a remarkable aspect of bird behavior - the aid that one bird gives another who is neither its mate nor its dependent young and who may even belong to a different species...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Iowa City, Iowa :
University of Iowa Press,
1999.
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| Edición: | An expanded ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword to the 1999 Edition / Stephen T. Emlen
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Oceanic Birds
- 3. Precocial Birds
- 4. Diurnal Raptors
- 5. Rails, Coots, and Gallinules
- 6. Pigeons and Doves
- 7. Parrots
- 8. Cuckoos and Anis
- 9. Hoatzins
- 10. Swifts
- 11. Wood-hoopoes
- 12. Todies
- 13. Kingfishers
- 14. Bee-eaters
- 15. Hornbills
- 16. Puffbirds
- 17. Barbets
- 18. Toucans
- 19. Woodpeckers
- 20. Ovenbirds
- 21. American Flycatchers
- 22. Cotingas
- 23. New Zealand Wrens
- 24. Swallows
- 25. Crows and Jays
- 26. Mudnest Builders
- 27. Australian Butcher-birds and Bell-magpies
- 28. Titmice
- 29. Long-tailed Tits and Bushtits
- 30. Nuthatches
- 31. Treecreepers
- 32. Wrens
- 33. Gnatcatchers and Old World Warblers
- 34. Wren-warblers
- 35. Old World Flycatchers
- 36. Thrushes
- 37. Babblers and Allies
- 38. Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Catbirds
- 39. Accentors
- 40. Wood-swallows
- 41. Shrikes
- 42. Helmet-Shrikes
- 43. Starlings
- 44. Honeyeaters
- 45. White-eyes
- 46. Wood-warblers
- 47. Tanagers and Honeycreepers
- 48. New World Blackbirds and Orioles
- 49. Grosbeaks, Finches, and Sparrows
- 50. Weavers and Sparrows
- 51. The Significance of Interspecific Helping
- 52. Characteristics of Cooperative Breeders
- 53. Benefits and Evolution of Cooperative Breeding.