Parasitic Birds and Their Hosts: Studies in Coevolution - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0195099761 ISBN 13: 9780195099768

Casa editrice: OUP USA, 1999

Riassunto

This book is the first to present a copmprehensive overview of the diverse kinds of birds and interactions involved in avian brood parasitism. This phenomenon has attracted the interests of naturalists and evolutionists since Darwin, yet very few researchers applied modern evolutionary theory and experimental methods to the study of the adaptations for and against brood parasitism by parasitic birds and their hosts until 25 years ago. The amount of work being done on parasitic birds has grown at an accelerating rate in the last decade as numerous researchers have begun to pursue the study of these birds.

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Recensione

'...the first comprehensive review of the ecology of avian brood parasites...The book is well documented and should be a useful reference text.' (ASLIB Book Guide, vol. 64, No. 5, May 1999)

Contenuti

• Preface
• Dedication to Herbert Friedmann
• Section 1 - Overview and Commentary
• Stephen I. Rothstein and Scott K. Robinson: Ch. 1: The Evolution and Ecology of Brood Parasitism
• Section 2 - Coevolution Between Cuckoos and Their Hosts
• Nicholas N. Davies and Michael de L. Brooke: Ch. 2: Cuckoos Versus Hosts: Experimental Evidence for Coevolution
• Hiroyoshi Higuchi: Ch. 3: Host Use and Egg Color of Japanese Cuckoos
• Hiroshi Nakamura, Satoshi Kubota, and Reiko Suzuki: Ch. 4: Coevolution Between the Common Cuckoo and Its Major Hosts in Japan: Stable Versus Dynamic Specialization on Hosts
• Manuel Soler, Juan J. Soler, and Juan G. Martinez: Ch. 5: Duration of Sympatry and Coevolution Between the Great Spotted Cuckoo and its Primary Host, the Magpie
• Luis Arias-de-Reyna: Ch. 6: Coevolution of the Great Spotted Cuckoo and its Hosts
• Brian J. Gill: Ch. 7: Behavior and Ecology of the Shining Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
• Robert B. Payne and Laura L. Payne: Ch. 8: Nestling Eviction and Vocal Behavior in the Australian Glossy Cuckoos Chrysococcyx Basalis and C. lucidus
• Section 3 - Coevolution Between Cowbirds and Their Hosts
• Rosendo M. Fraga: Ch. 9: Interactions of the Parasitic Screaming and Shiny Cowbirds with a Shared Host, the Bay-winged Cowbird
• Spencer G. Sealy, Diane L. Neudorf, Keith A. Hobson, and Sharon A. Gill: Ch. 10: Nest Defense by potential Hosts of the Brown-headed Cowbird: Methodological Approaches, Benefits of Defense, and Coevolution
• Gustavo H. Kattan: Ch. 11: Impact of Brood Parasitism: Why do House Wrens Accept Shiny Cowbird Eggs?
• Section 4 - Models of Parasite-Host Coevolution: Equilibrium Versus Lag
• Arnon Lotem and Hiroshi Nakamura: Ch. 12: Evolutionary Equilibria in Avian Brood Parasitism: An Alternative to the "Arms Race-Evolutionary Lag" Concept
• Eivan Roskaft and Arne Moksnes: Ch. 13: Coevolution Between Brood Parasites and Their Hosts: An Optimality Theory Approach
• Ian G. McLean and Richard F. Maloney: Ch. 14: Brood Parasitism, Recognition, and Response: The Options
• Section 5 - Effects of Parasitism on Host Population Dynamics
• Cheryl L. Trine, W. Douglas Robinson, and Scott K. Robinson: Ch. 15: Consequences of Brown-headed Cowbird Brood Parasitism for Host Population Dynamics
• James N.M. Smith and Isla H. Myers-Smith: Ch. 16: Spatial Variation in Parasitism of Song Sparrows by Brown-headed Cowbirds
• Alexander Cruz, William Post, Janes W. Wiley, Catherine P. Ortega, Tammie K. Nakamura, and John W. Prather: Ch. 17: Potential Impoacts of Cowbird Range Expansion in Florida
• Section 6 - Consequences of Parasitism for the Mating Systems and Life Histories of Brood Parasites
• Phoebe Barnard: Ch. 18: Variability in the Mating Systems of Parasitic Birds
• Section 7 - Conspecific Brood Parasitism
• Michael D. Sorenson: Ch. 19: Patterns of Parasitic Egg Laying and Typical Nesting in Redhead and Canvasback Ducks
• Harry W. Power: Ch. 20: Quality Cotrol and the Important Questions in Avian Conspecific Parasitism
• Anders P. Moller: Ch. 21: Density-dependent Intraspecific Nest Parasitism and Anti-parasite Behavior in the Barn Swallow Hirundo Rustica
• Wendy M. Jackson: Ch. 22: Egg-discrimination and Egg-color Variability in the Northern Masked Weaver: The Importance of Conspecific Versus Interspecific Parasitism
• Section 8 - Major Unresolved Questions
• Stephen I. Rothstein and Scott K. Robinson: Ch. 23: Major Unanswered Questions in the Study of Avian Brood Parasitism

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: OUP USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0195099761
• ISBN 13: 9780195099768
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 464
• Redattore: Rothstein Stephen I., Robinson Scott K.
• Contatto del produttore: Oxford University Press; https://corp.oup.com/; ; WMF Platz 1; Geislingen/Steige; Baden-W?rttemberg; 73312; Germania