Parasitic Birds and Their Hosts
Studies in Coevolution
Scott K Robinson editor Stephen I Rothstein editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Published:7th Jan '99
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This book is the first to present a copmprehensive overview of the diverse kinds of birds and interactions involved in avian brood parasitism. This phenomenon has attracted the interests of naturalists and evolutionists since Darwin, yet very few researchers applied modern evolutionary theory and experimental methods to the study of the adaptations for and against brood parasitism by parasitic birds and their hosts until 25 years ago. The amount of work being done on parasitic birds has grown at an accelerating rate in the last decade as numerous researchers have begun to pursue the study of these birds.
'...the first comprehensive review of the ecology of avian brood parasites...The book is well documented and should be a useful reference text.' * ASLIB Book Guide, vol. 64, No. 5, May 1999 *
ISBN: 9780195099768
Dimensions: 180mm x 254mm x 31mm
Weight: 887g
464 pages