Nest Building and Bird Behavior / / Elsie C. Collias, Nicholas E. Collias.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Collias, Nicholas E.,; Collias, Elsie C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1984
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 857
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (358 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --; LIST OF TABLES --; PREFACE --; CHAPTER ONE. Introduction --; CHAPTER TWO. Diversity of Nests and Major Evolutionary Trends in Nest Building --; CHAPTER THREE. Speciation and Nest Building --; CHAPTER FOUR. Mate Selection and Nest Building --; CHAPTER FIVE. Bowerbirds, Bowers, and Nests --; CHAPTER SIX. Nest-site Selection and the Physical Environment --; CHAPTER SEVEN. Adaptations of Nest Building to the Physical Environment --; CHAPTER EIGHT. Nest Competitors and Parasites --; CHAPTER NINE. Predators and Nests --; CHAPTER TEN. How Birds Build Their Nests --; CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Analysis of Nest Building by Weaverbirds --; CHAPTER TWELVE. The Development of Nest-building Ability --; CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Internal Factors in the Control of Nest Building --; CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Evolution of Gregarious Nesting --; APPENDIX ONE. Bird Families of the World and Their Nest Types --; APPENDIX TWO. Where to Find Photographs of Bird Nests --; REFERENCES --; AUTHOR INDEX --; SUBJECT INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400853625; 9783110413441; 9783110413595; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400853625
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Elsie C. Collias, Nicholas E. Collias.

This book is a comprehensive study of nest-building behavior in birds. A much-needed synthesis of the previously scattered literature on this central aspect of avian biology, it is organized by behavior problems and focuses on evolution as its unifying theme.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.