Avian brood parasitism : behaviour, ecology, Evolution and Coevolution /: behaviour, ecology, Evolution and Coevolution. (2017)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Avian brood parasitism : behaviour, ecology, Evolution and Coevolution /: behaviour, ecology, Evolution and Coevolution. (2017)
- Main Title:
- Avian brood parasitism : behaviour, ecology, Evolution and Coevolution
- 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 theBrood 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. … (more)
- 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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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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