TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brush,Alan H.
AU  - Clark,George A.
ED  - American Ornithologists' Union,
TI  - Perspectives in ornithology: essays presented for the centennial of the American Ornithologists' Union 
SN  - 9780511759994 (ebook)
AV  - QL673 .P47 1983
U1  - 598 19
PY  - 1983///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Birds
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015); List of contributors -- Preface -- Introduction / Ernst Mayr -- Captive birds and conservation / William Conway -- Research collections in ornithology-- a reaffirmation / Jan C. Barlow and Nancy J. Flood -- On the study of avian mating systems / Douglas W. Mock -- Commentary / Sarah Lenington -- Cooperative breeding strategies among birds / Stephen T. Emlen and Sandra L. Vehrencamp -- Commentary / J. David Ligon -- Commentary / Ian Rowley -- Ecological energetics: what are the questions? / Glenn E. Walsberg -- Commentary / William A. Calder III -- Perspectives in optimal foraging / John R. Krebs, David W. Stephens, and William J. Sutherland -- Commentary / J.P. Myers -- Biochemical studies of microevolutionary processes / George F. Barrowclough -- Commentary / John C. Avise -- Organization of the avian genome / Gerald F. Shields -- The origin and early radiation of birds / Larry D. Martin -- Commentary / David W. Steadman -- Commentary / Pat V. Rich -- Avian community ecology: an iconoclastic view / John A. Wiens -- Commentary / James R. Karr -- Biogeography: the unification and maturation of a science / Daniel Simberloff -- Commentary / Joel Cracraft -- Commentary / Dennis M. Power -- Bird song learning: them and variations / P.J.B. Slater -- Commentary / Luis F. Baptista -- Commentary / Donald E. Kroodsma -- Bird navigation / Charles Walcott and Anthony J. Lednor -- Commentary / Kenneth P. Able
N2  - First published in 1983 to celebrate the centennial of the American Ornithologists' Union, Perspectives in Ornithology collects together a series of essays and commentaries by leading authorities about especially active areas of research on the biology of birds. Readers will find in this collection a useful overview of many major concepts and controversies in ornithology
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511759994
ER  -