Birds of Tropical America: A Watcher's Introduction to Behavior, Breeding, and DiversityUniversity of Texas Press, 2005 M04 1 - 312 páginas 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. |
Contenido
Acknowledgments | |
Structure of a Rainforest Bird Community | 19 |
Why So Many Bird Species in Tropical Forests? | 39 |
Amazonian Biogeography | 56 |
Unraveling Ice Age Secrets | 71 |
Migration Within the Tropics | 84 |
Life in a MixedSpecies Flock | 100 |
Rhythms and Rituals at Ant Swarms | 113 |
Territories or Traplines? Hummingbird Foraging Strategies | 185 |
Highland Hummingbirds | 200 |
A Flycatcher Baedeker | 215 |
A Vultures View of Paradise | 229 |
Sopranos Should Sing From the Treetops | 256 |
Tropical River Islands | 266 |
When Do Tropical Birds Nest? | 278 |
Epilogue | 290 |
Who Is the Fairest? Colorfulness in Tropical and Temperate Birds | 127 |
Birds Fruit and Seed Dispersal | 141 |
Foraging Tactics of FruitEating Birds | 156 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Birds of Tropical America: A Watcher's Introduction to Behavior, Breeding ... Steven Hilty Vista previa limitada - 2010 |
Birds of Tropical America: A Watcher's Introduction to Behavior, Breeding ... Steven Hilty Sin vista previa disponible - 2010 |
Birds of Tropical America: A Watcher's Introduction to Behavior, Breeding ... Steven L. Hilty Sin vista previa disponible - 1994 |
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