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The avian brood parasites : deception at the nest /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnsgard, Paul A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Subjects:
Birds.
Behavior, Animal.
Table of Contents:
  • Overview of brood parasitism
  • Eco-morphology and interspecific mimicry
  • Behavioral and reproductive ecology
  • Breeding behavior
  • Host retaliation: Co-evolutionary arms race
  • Avian brood parasites
  • Waterfowl (family anatidae)
  • Honeyguides (family indicatoridae)
  • Old world cuckoos (family cuculidae)
  • American ground-cuckoos (family neomorphidae)
  • African parasitic finches (family paseridae)
  • Parasitic cowbirds (tribe icterini).