| one publication added to basket [127820] | Shorebirds: breeding behavior and populations
Burger, J.; Olla, B.L. (Ed.) (1984). Shorebirds: breeding behavior and populations. Behavior of Marine Animals: Current Perspectives in Research, 5. Plenum Press: New York. ISBN 0-306-41591-7. xv, 437 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4691-3
Part of: Winn, H.E.; Olla, B.L. Behavior of Marine Animals: Current Perspectives in Research. Plenum Press: New York, more
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| Keywords |
Aquatic organisms > Marine organisms > Aquatic birds > Marine birds
Behaviour > Feeding behaviour > Foraging behaviour
Behaviour > Parental behaviour
Biological phenomena > Evolution
Breeding grounds
Classification
Conservation
Ecology
Population dynamics
Marine/Coastal |
| Authors | | Top |
- Burger, J., editor
- Olla, B.L., editor
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- Gochfeld, M.; Burger, J.; Jehl Jr., J.R. (1984). The classification of the shorebirds of the world, in: Burger, J. et al. (Ed.) Shorebirds: breeding behavior and populations. Behavior of Marine Animals: Current Perspectives in Research, 5: pp. 1-15, more
- Burger, J. (1984). Shorebirds as marine animals, in: Burger, J. et al. (Ed.) Shorebirds: breeding behavior and populations. Behavior of Marine Animals: Current Perspectives in Research, 5: pp. 17-81, more
- Evans, P.R.; Pienkowski, M.W. (1984). Population dynamics of shorebirds, in: Burger, J. et al. (Ed.) Shorebirds: breeding behavior and populations. Behavior of Marine Animals: Current Perspectives in Research, 5: pp. 83-123, more
- Oring, L.W.; Lank, D.B. (1984). Breeding area fidelity, natal philopatry, and the social systems of sandpipers, in: Burger, J. et al. (Ed.) Shorebirds: breeding behavior and populations. Behavior of Marine Animals: Current Perspectives in Research, 5: pp. 125-147, more
- Lenington, S. (1984). The evolution of polyandry in shorebirds, in: Burger, J. et al. (Ed.) Shorebirds: breeding behavior and populations. Behavior of Marine Animals: Current Perspectives in Research, 5: pp. 149-167, more
- Miller, E.H. (1984). Communication in breeding shorebirds, in: Burger, J. et al. (Ed.) Shorebirds: breeding behavior and populations. Behavior of Marine Animals: Current Perspectives in Research, 5: pp. 169-241, more
- Walters, J.R. (1984). The evolution of parental behavior and clutch size in shorebirds, in: Burger, J. et al. (Ed.) Shorebirds: breeding behavior and populations. Behavior of Marine Animals: Current Perspectives in Research, 5: pp. 243-287, more
- Gochfeld, M. (1984). Antipredator behavior: aggressive and distraction displays of shorebirds, in: Burger, J. et al. (Ed.) Shorebirds: breeding behavior and populations. Behavior of Marine Animals: Current Perspectives in Research, 5: pp. 289-377, more
- Senner, S.E.; Howe, M.A. (1984). Conservation of Nearctic shorebirds, in: Burger, J. et al. (Ed.) Shorebirds: breeding behavior and populations. Behavior of Marine Animals: Current Perspectives in Research, 5: pp. 379-421, more
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| Abstract |
Among birds, shorebirds provide some of the more unique opportunities to examine basic problems in behavior, ecology, and evolution. This is in large measure due to the diversity, both behaviorally and ecologically, of a group closely related taxonomically and distributed throughout the world. The overall aim of these two volumes is to provide a representative selection of current research being conducted on shorebird behavior and ecology. Traditionally, marine birds have included those species that breed in large colonies on offshore islands along coasts (see Volume 4 of this series). Although shorebirds have generally not been considered within this group, the fact that almost 40% of the species breed along coasts and more than 60% often or always spend the nonbreeding season in coastal habitats more than justifies their inclusion as marine birds (at least those species that totally or partially depend upon the marine environment). Their inclusion markedly increases species diversity in marine birds since shorebirds add about 217 species to the 280 that are traditionally thought of as marine. |
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