Nest building and bird behavior, Nicholas E. Collias and Elsie C. Collias

Resource Information

The instance Nest building and bird behavior, Nicholas E. Collias and Elsie C. Collias represents a material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.

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Label

Nest building and bird behavior, Nicholas E. Collias and Elsie C. Collias

Statement of responsibility

Nicholas E. Collias and Elsie C. Collias

Instantiates

• Nest building and bird behavior

Publication

• Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, ©1984

Note

Includes indexes

Bibliography note

Bibliography: p. [287]-317

Carrier category

volume

Carrier category code

• nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

Introduction -- Diversity of nests and major evolutionary trends in nest building -- Speciation and nest building -- Mate selection and nest building -- Bowerbirds, bowers, and nests -- Nest-site selection and the physical environment -- Adaptation of nest building to the physical environment -- Nest competitors and parasites -- Predators and nests -- How birds build their nests -- The analysis of nest building by weaverbirds -- The development of nest-building ability -- Internal factors in the control of nest building -- The evolution of gregarious nesting

Dimensions

25 cm

Extent

xix, 336 pages

Isbn

9780691083582

Lccn

84042585

Media category

unmediated

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

• n

Other physical details

illustrations

Record ID

99190149220001161

System control number

• (OCoLC)10696634
• (OCoLC)ocm10696634