Nest Building and Bird Behavior
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Nest Building and Bird Behavior

  1. 358 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Nest Building and Bird Behavior

About this book

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.

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Yes, you can access Nest Building and Bird Behavior by Nicholas E. Collias,Elsie C. Collias in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Zoology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Illustrations
  4. List of Tables
  5. Preface
  6. 1. Introduction
  7. 2. Diversity of Nests and Major Evolutionary Trends in Nest Building
  8. 3. Speciation and Nest Building
  9. 4. Mate Selection and Nest Building
  10. 5. Bowerbirds, Bowers, and Nests
  11. 6. Nest-site Selection and the Physical Environment
  12. 7. Adaptations of Nest Building to the Physical Environment
  13. 8. Nest Competitors and Parasites
  14. 9. Predators and Nests
  15. 10. How Birds Build Their Nests
  16. 11. The Analysis of Nest Building by Weaverbirds
  17. 12. The Development of Nest-building Ability
  18. 13. Internal Factors in the Control of Nest Building
  19. 14. The Evolution of Gregarious Nesting
  20. Appendix 1. Bird Families of the World and Their Nest Types
  21. Appendix 2. Where to Find Photographs of Bird Nest
  22. References
  23. Author Index
  24. Subject Index