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050	0	0	_aQL673 _b.P47 1983
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245	0	0	_aPerspectives in ornithology : _bessays presented for the centennial of the American Ornithologists' Union / _cedited by Alan H. Brush and George A. Clark, Jr. ; sponsored by the American Ornithologists' Union.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1983.
300			_a1 online resource (x, 560 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0		_aList 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.
520			_aFirst 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.
650		0	_aBirds.
700	1		_aBrush, Alan H. _q(Alan Howard), _d1934- _eeditor.
700	1		_aClark, George A. _q(George Alfred), _d1936- _eeditor.
710	2		_aAmerican Ornithologists' Union, _eissuing body.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521248570
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511759994
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