Current Ornithology

Contributors to this volume offer new research on extinction processes in birds, nest predation, and song systems, and describes a graphical model that helps predict the reproductive consequences of time allocation between the competing demands of guarding young birds and foraging for food. Current...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Power, D.M. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1992, 1992
Edition:1st ed. 1992
Series:Current Ornithology
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 The Causes of Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon
  • 2 Population Regulation of Seabird Colonies
  • 3 The Effects of Investigator Disturbance on Nesting Birds
  • 4 Analyzing Quantitative Relationships between Seabirds and Marine Resource Patches
  • 5 Interaction of Nest Predation and Food Limitation in Reproductive Strategies
  • 6 Wood-Warbler Song Systems: A Review of Paruline Singing Behaviors