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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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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Table of Contents:
- 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