Nest Building and Bird Behavior (eBook)

Nicholas E. Collias, Elsie C. Collias (Autoren)

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2014
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-5362-5 (ISBN)

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This book is a comprehensive study of nest-building behavior in birds. A much-needed synthesis of the previously scattered literature on this central aspect of avian biology, it is organized by behavior problems and focuses on evolution as its unifying theme.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.7.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Acrocephalus (bird) • Alder flycatcher • ant colony • Arachnid • Barn Swallow • Baya weaver • bird • bird hide • Bird nest • Bird of Prey • bowerbird • Breeding pair • British Ornithologists' Union • Brood (honey bee) • Brood parasite • Brood patch • Budgerigar • Calliope hummingbird • Carrion crow • cooperative breeding • courtship • cowbird • Egg as food • Eurasian magpie • Eurasian sparrowhawk • Eurasian tree sparrow • European bee-eater • evolution of birds • feather mite • field sparrow • Fischer's lovebird • gnatcatcher • Ground hornbill • gull • helpers at the nest • Honeyguide • hooded Crow • hornbill • House sparrow • House Wren • Icterine warbler • insect • Insect Repellent • Kirtland's Warbler • Lyrebird • Malleefowl • Marsh wren • Mauritius kestrel • Megapode • Monk parakeet • Mourning Dove • Nest • nest box • Nesting Behavior • Nesting season • Ornithology • Ovenbird (family) • Paper wasp • Parakeet • parasitism • Passerine • peregrine falcon • ploceidae • plumage • Poultry • Prairie falcon • Prairie Warbler • predation • Prothonotary Warbler • Rhea (bird) • Royal flycatcher • Ruby-throated Hummingbird • Rufous hummingbird • Rufous woodpecker • seabird • Seasonal breeder • Sociable weaver • Song sparrow • Sparrow • Sparrow Hawk (pinnace) • Spotted bowerbird • Sunbird • swallow • Swallow-tailed kite • Tailorbird • Termite • the life of birds • Thrush (bird) • Tit (bird) • Tree Swallow • Tyrant flycatcher • Vegetation • Village weaver • warbler • Weaver ant • White-browed sparrow-weaver • Willow flycatcher • Wood Duck • woodpecker • Wood warbler
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-5362-1 / 1400853621
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-5362-5 / 9781400853625