Avian brood parasitism : behaviour, ecology, Evolution and Coevolution /: behaviour, ecology, Evolution and Coevolution. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Manuel Soler.
• Editors: Soler, Manuel, 1955-
• Contents: Brood parasitism in birds: a coevolutionary point of view -- Factors affecting the rates of coevolution between obligate avian brood parasites and their hosts -- Evolution of avian brood parasitism and phylogenetic history of brood parasites -- A taxonomic review of obligate and facultative interspecific avian brood parasitism -- Conspecific brood parasitism among birds: The effects of phylogeny, mode of reproduction and geographic distribution -- Why do birds lay eggs in conspecifics' nests?- Evolution and maintenance of egg rejection by hosts as adaptation against conspecific brood parasites -- an individual-based model -- Interspecific avian brood parasitism as a model system for exploring ecological and evolutionary questions related to habitat selection -- The Brown-headed Cowbird: a model species for testing novel research questions in animal ecology, evolution and behavior -- Cuckoos as indicators of biodiversity -- Hippocampus and Spatial Memory in Brood Parasitic Cowbirds -- Brood parasitism and cooperative breeding: seeking an evolutionary link -- Host Resource Partitioning Among Sympatric Molothrine Generalist Brood Parasites -- High diversity of brood parasites in China and coevolution between cuckoos and their hosts -- Brood parasites as predators: farming and mafia strategies -- Cuckoo-host coevolutionary interactions across all breeding stages: unusual ecological setting of a cavity-nesting host -- Evidence of adaptations and counter-adaptations before the parasite lays its egg: the frontline of the arms race -- Parasitic behaviour of interspecific brood parasitic females -- Egg color polymorphism in brood parasites and their hosts: Adaptation and evolution -- Adaptations of brood parasitic eggs -- Implications of Nest Sanitation in the Evolution of Egg Rejection -- Egg characteristics affecting egg rejection -- Anti-brood parasite defences: the role of individual and social learning -- Cognitive Decision Rules for Egg Rejection -- Phenotypic plasticity in egg rejection: evidence and evolutionary consequences -- The evolution of nest sharing and nest mate killing strategies in brood parasites -- Begging behaviour, food delivery and food acquisition in nests with brood parasitic nestlings -- Begging call mimicry by brood parasite nestlings: Adaptation, manipulation and development -- Host defences against brood parasite nestlings: theoretical expectations and empirical evidence -- Parasite adaptations during the nestling and fledgling stages.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 574 pages)
• Subjects: 598.15; Life sciences; Brood parasitism; Animal ecology; Evolution (Biology); Vertebrates; NATURE / Animals / Birds; NATURE / Birdwatching Guides; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ornithology; Animal ecology; Brood parasitism; Evolution (Biology); Vertebrates; Life Sciences; Behavioral Sciences; Evolutionary Biology; Animal Ecology; Vertebrates; Science -- Life Sciences -- Evolution; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Mammals; Evolution; Animal ecology; Zoology: Vertebrates; Animal behavior; Evolution (Biology); Science -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General; Animal behaviour; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319731384; 3319731386; 3319731378; 9783319731377
• Related ISBNs: 9783319731377
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