Birds of Tropical America : : A Watcher's Introduction to Behavior, Breeding, and Diversity / / Steven Hilty.
Birds of Tropical America was published by Chapters Publishing in 1994 and went out of print in 1997. UT Press is pleased to reissue it with a new epilogue and updated references.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2005 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Mildred Wyatt-Wold Series in Ornithology
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Dreams Meet Reality in the American Tropics: A Preface -- Avian Addresses: Structure of a Rainforest Bird Community -- Tropical Diversity: Why So Many Bird Species in Tropical Forests? -- Ghosts of Rainforests Past: Amazonian Biogeography -- High-Andean Genealogy: Unraveling Ice Age Secrets -- Tropical Travelers: Migration Within the Tropics -- The Clubbiest of Clubs: Life in a Mixed-Species Flock -- Antbirds Don't Eat Ants: Rhythms and Rituals at Ant Swarms -- Who Is the Fairest? Colorfulness in Tropical and Temperate Birds -- Fruit of the Land: Birds, Fruit and Seed Dispersal -- Anatomy of a Fruit Eater: Foraging Tactics of Fruit-Eating Birds -- A Good Song and Dance: Alternative Life-Styles of Manakins and Cotingas -- Territories or Traplines? Hummingbird Foraging Strategies -- Cold Reality: Highland Hummingbirds -- Sallying Forth: A Flycatcher Baedeker -- Finding a Needle in the Haystack: A Vulture s View of Paradise -- The Costs and Benefits of Growing Old: Life and Love Among the Caciques -- Sound Strategies: Sopranos Should Sing From the Treetops -- Perilous Paradise: Tropical River Islands -- In Search of a Season: When Do Tropical Birds Nest? -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | Birds of Tropical America was published by Chapters Publishing in 1994 and went out of print in 1997. UT Press is pleased to reissue it with a new epilogue and updated references. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780292749344 9783110745344 |
DOI: | 10.7560/706736 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Steven Hilty. |