The Avian Brood Parasites
Deception at the Nest
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Published:12th Mar '98
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Obligatory brood parasites are birds that reproduce by laying their eggs in the nests of other species. This book discusses the ecological and evolutionary aspects of this remarkable behavioural adaptation.
"A useful summary of the natural history of avian brood parasitism" Ostrich
'...Nowhere else can such a rich and useful compendium be found between two covers...No other source provides so much information about the basic biolgoy of so many brood parasites.' * M. de L. Brooke, Ibis, 141, 151-166 *
ISBN: 9780195110425
Dimensions: 236mm x 165mm x 25mm
Weight: 794g
424 pages