Some adaptations of marsh-nesting blackbirds, Gordon H. Orians

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Some adaptations of marsh-nesting blackbirds, Gordon H. Orians

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Gordon H. Orians

Instantiates

• Some adaptations of marsh-nesting blackbirds

Publication

• Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1980

Note

Includes index

Bibliography note

Bibliography: p. 275-289

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volume

Carrier category code

• nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

• The Adaptations: Selection of Habitats, Territories and Mates
• Habitat Selection by Males
• Habitat Selection by Females
• Predictions and Tests about Habitat and Mate Selection
• Sizes of Territories
• The Cues Used by Blackbirds in Selecting Their Territories
• The Adaptations: Foraging Behavior
• Theory
• Tests of Foraging Theory
• Tests of CPF Theory
• The Approach and the Subjects
• The Patterns: Variability in Use of Resources
• Range of Lake Productivity Occupied
• Range of Nest Sites Occupied
• Breeding Seasons
• Clutch Sizes
• Variability in Foods and Foraging
• The Patterns: Competition, Overlap and Community Structure
• Short-Term Effects of Competition
• Long-Term Effects of Competition
• Competition and Size
• The Players
• Adaptations Among Argentine Marsh-nesting Blackbirds
• The Species of Blackbirds Breeding in Argentine Marshes
• Foods and Foraging
• Patch Utilization While Foraging
• Dietary Breadths
• Competition and Overlap
• Of Birds and Marshes
• Significance of Marsh Structural Simplicity
• Nonpasserine Birds in Marshes
• Avian Social Systems in Marshes
• The Theater
• Island Biogeography of Marshes
• Effects of Blackbird Predation on Odonate Populations
• Materials and Methods
• Marshes as Providers of Resources for Blackbirds
• Quantity of Emergence
• Temporal Pattern of Emergence
• Abundance of Insects on the Uplands

Dimensions

23 cm.

Extent

xii, 295 pages

Isbn

9780691082370

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(pbk.)

Lccn

79084005

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unmediated

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

• n

Other physical details

illustrations

Record ID

99191250320001161

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• (OCoLC)05100786
• (OCoLC)ocm05100786