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Perspectives in ornithology : essays presented for the centennial of the American Ornithologists' Union / edited by Alan H. Brush and George A. Clark, Jr. ; sponsored by the American Ornithologists' Union.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1983Description: 1 online resource (x, 560 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780511759994 (ebook)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification:
  • 598 19
LOC classification:
  • QL673 .P47 1983
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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.

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