Current Ornithology: Current Ornithology, cartea 13
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781461376972
ISBN-10: 1461376971
Pagini: 376
Ilustrații: XV, 359 p.
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:1996
Editura: Springer Us
Colecția Springer
Seria Current Ornithology
Locul publicării:New York, NY, United States
ISBN-10: 1461376971
Pagini: 376
Ilustrații: XV, 359 p.
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:1996
Editura: Springer Us
Colecția Springer
Seria Current Ornithology
Locul publicării:New York, NY, United States
Public țintă
ResearchCuprins
1 Social Cognition: Are Primates Smarter Than Birds?.- 1. Preamble.- 2. Introduction.- 3. Social Learning: The Acquisition of New Stimulus Controls for Behavior.- 4. Social Learning. The Acquisition of New Motor Patterns.- 5. Tool Use and Its Acquisition.- 6. Cooperative Hunting.- 7. Complex Social Cognition.- 8. Communicative Behavior.- 9. Conclusions.- References.- 2 Predicting Cognitive Capacity from Natural History: Examples from four Species of Corvids.- 1. Introduction.- 2. General Problems and Approach.- 3. The Study of Cognitive Adaptations.- 4. The Comparative Study of Cognition.- 5. General Issues.- 6. Phylogenetic Considerations.- 7. Ontogenetic Considerations.- 8. Summary.- References.- 3 Assessing Body Condition in Birds.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Literature Survey of Body Condition Research.- 3. Methods of Assessing Condition.- 4. Conclusions.- Appendix: Literature Survey Summary.- References.- 4 Avian Chemical Defense.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Definitions and Overview.- 3. Chemical Defenses in Birds.- 4. Sources of Defensive Chemicals.- 5. Ecology of Chemical Defense.- 6. Evolution of Chemical Defense.- 7. Phenomena Related to Chemical Defense.- 8. Summary.- References.- 5 Past and Current Attempts to Evaluate the Role of Birds as Predators of Insect Pests in Temperate Agriculture.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Setting the Stage—A Brief History of the Rise and Decline of “Economic Ornithology”.- 3. Birds as Predators of Pests.- 4. Factors Determining the Impact of Predation on Invertebrates by Birds.- 5. Encouraging Avian Predators in Agroecosystems.- 6. Summary and Conclusions.- References.- 6 An Evolutionary Approach to Offspring Desertion in Birds.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Distribution of Offspring Desertion.- 3. Models of Desertion.- 4. Desertion and ParentalCare.- 5. Timing of Desertion.- 6. Sex of Deserter.- 7. The Process of Desertion.- 8. Hormonal Mechanisms.- 9. Recommendations for Future Research.- 10. Summary.- References.
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Animal Behavior, 12.
` The discussions provided allow the beginner to quickly come up to speed in specific areas....For more experienced readers they provide new viewpoints, corrections of misconceptions, and a means of checking what we think we already know.`
The Wilson Bulletin, 11.