Ebook: Current Ornithology: Volume 3
- Tags: Zoology
- Year: 1986
- Publisher: Springer US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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If it is still true that more than 80% of the ornithologists in North America are primarily interested or engaged in ecological studies on birds (J. R. King and W. J. Bock, Final Report of the Workshop on a National Plan For Ornithology, 1978), then Volume 3 of Current Orni thology is preadapted for their consideration. All but one article in this volume are somehow concerned with the ecological aspects of the bi ology of birds. Variation in the scope of topical coverage is relatively broad, and includes conservation, reproduction, behavior, community structure, and evolutionary ecology. Three reviews concern the pervasive effects of man and industry on various bird populations of the world. Risebrough provides a de tailed description of the relationships between pesticides and bird pop ulations. Morrison ass es ses aspects of bird population numbers as in dicators of environmental change, and Temple outlines current research on endangered species. The broad spectrum of reproductive ecology of birds is variously treated in this volume. Jehl and Murray explore sexual selection and some of the resulting complexities in the evolution of sexual size di morphism, primarily in shorebirds. Lawton and Lawton are concerned with the relationships between social behavior and breeding systems in which variation is found in the age at which reproduction is first undertaken. Oring examines the wide-ranging variation in polyandrous breeding systems in birds, while Rohwer is concerned with adoption versus infanticide in birds, and their relationships to reproductive fit ness.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
The Evolution of Normal and Reverse Sexual Size Dimorphism in Shorebirds and other Birds....Pages 1-86
Bird Songs and Avian Systematics....Pages 87-126
Social Dominance, Mating and Spacing Systems, Female Fecundity, and Vocal Dialects in Captive and Free-Ranging Brown-Headed Cowbirds....Pages 127-185
Heterochrony, Deferred Breeding, and Avian Sociality....Pages 187-222
Avian Frugivory and Seed Dispersal in Eastern North America....Pages 223-279
Competition in Migrant Birds in the Nonbreeding Season....Pages 281-307
Avian Polyandry....Pages 309-351
Selection for Adoption Versus Infanticide by Replacement “Mates” in Birds....Pages 353-395
Pesticides and Bird Populations....Pages 397-427
Bird Populations as Indicators of Environmental Change....Pages 429-451
The Problem of Avian Extinctions....Pages 453-485
Back Matter....Pages 487-522
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
The Evolution of Normal and Reverse Sexual Size Dimorphism in Shorebirds and other Birds....Pages 1-86
Bird Songs and Avian Systematics....Pages 87-126
Social Dominance, Mating and Spacing Systems, Female Fecundity, and Vocal Dialects in Captive and Free-Ranging Brown-Headed Cowbirds....Pages 127-185
Heterochrony, Deferred Breeding, and Avian Sociality....Pages 187-222
Avian Frugivory and Seed Dispersal in Eastern North America....Pages 223-279
Competition in Migrant Birds in the Nonbreeding Season....Pages 281-307
Avian Polyandry....Pages 309-351
Selection for Adoption Versus Infanticide by Replacement “Mates” in Birds....Pages 353-395
Pesticides and Bird Populations....Pages 397-427
Bird Populations as Indicators of Environmental Change....Pages 429-451
The Problem of Avian Extinctions....Pages 453-485
Back Matter....Pages 487-522
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