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Perspectives in ornithology : essays presented for the centennial of the American Ornithologists' Union

Title
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.
Publication
Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1983.

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Additional Authors
  • Brush, Alan H. (Alan Howard), 1934-
  • Clark, George A. (George Alfred), 1936-
  • American Ornithologists' Union.
Description
x, 560 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Birds
  • Ornithology
  • Birds
  • ornithology
  • Ornithology
  • Vögel
  • Aufsatzsammlung
  • Aves (Sistematica)
  • Aves (Biologia)
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN
  • 0521248574
  • 9780521248570
LCCN
83003931
OCLC
  • ocm09324828
  • 9324828
  • SCSB-9671975
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library