Some Adaptations of Marsh-Nesting Blackbirds. (MPB-14), Volume 14 /

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The variety of social systems among the New World blackbirds (Family Icteridae) and the structural simplicity of their foraging environment provide excellent opportunities for testing theorics about the adaptive significance of their behavior. Here Gordon Orians presents the results of his many year...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Orians, Gordon H. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Colección:Monographs in Population Biology Ser.
Temas:
Adaptation (Biology)
Birds > Behavior.
Blackbirds > Behavior.
Marsh ecology.
Resource partitioning (Ecology)
Adaptation (Biologie)
Oiseaux > Mœurs et comportement.
Oiseaux noirs > Mœurs et comportement.
Écologie des marais.
Partage des ressources (Écologie)
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Birds > Behavior
Blackbirds > Behavior
Marsh ecology
Amblyramphus holosenceus.
Board, V. V.
Brown-and-Yellow Marshbird.
Case, N. A.
Corbet, P. S.
Donacospiza albifrom.
Furrer, R. K.
Goddard, S. V.
Hewitt, O. H.
Holm, C. H.
Horn, H. S.
Icteridae.
Kormondy, E. ].
Lack, D.
Limnornis curvirostris.
Meanley, B.
Miller, R. S.
NeflJ. A.
Orians, G. H.
Pearson, N. E.
Searcy, W. A.
Tachuns rubngastra.
Warbling Doradito.
Willson, M. F.
Yellow-winged Blackbird.
carp.
central place foraging.
conductivity, lake.
eggs, first date of laying.
gaping.
parental investment.
polygyny.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • 1. The Approach and the Subjects
  • 2. Marshes as Providers of Resources for Blackbirds
  • 3. The Adaptations: Selection of Habitats, Territories and Mates
  • 4. The Adaptations: Foraging Behavior
  • 5. The Patterns: Variability in Use of Resources
  • 6. The Patterns: Competition, Overlap and Community Structure
  • 7. Adaptations Among Argentine Marsh-nesting Blackbirds
  • 8. Of Birds and Marshes
  • General Conclusions
  • Appendixes
  • References
  • Index

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