Collias Nest Building and Bird Behavior

Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5362-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 857, 358 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Collias, Nicholas E.

Collias, Elsie C.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Vögel (Ornithologie)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FrontMatter, pg. i
CONTENTS, pg. vii
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. xi
LIST OF TABLES, pg. xv
PREFACE, pg. xvii
CHAPTER ONE. Introduction, pg. 1
CHAPTER TWO. Diversity of Nests and Major Evolutionary Trends in Nest Building, pg. 8
CHAPTER THREE. Speciation and Nest Building, pg. 41
CHAPTER FOUR. Mate Selection and Nest Building, pg. 57
CHAPTER FIVE. Bowerbirds, Bowers, and Nests, pg. 74
CHAPTER SIX. Nest-site Selection and the Physical Environment, pg. 86
CHAPTER SEVEN. Adaptations of Nest Building to the Physical Environment, pg. 101
CHAPTER EIGHT. Nest Competitors and Parasites, pg. 122
CHAPTER NINE. Predators and Nests, pg. 142
CHAPTER TEN. How Birds Build Their Nests, pg. 164
CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Analysis of Nest Building by Weaverbirds, pg. 190
CHAPTER TWELVE. The Development of Nest-building Ability, pg. 211
CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Internal Factors in the Control of Nest Building, pg. 225
CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Evolution of Gregarious Nesting, pg. 245
APPENDIX ONE. Bird Families of the World and Their Nest Types, pg. 275
APPENDIX TWO. Where to Find Photographs of Bird Nests, pg. 285
REFERENCES, pg. 287
AUTHOR INDEX, pg. 319
SUBJECT INDEX, pg. 327