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Granivorous birds in ecosystems, their evolution, populations, energetics, adaptations, impact, and control

Title
Granivorous birds in ecosystems, their evolution, populations, energetics, adaptations, impact, and control / edited by Jan Pinowski & S. Charles Kendeigh.
Publication
Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1977.

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Additional Authors
  • Pinowski, Jan.
  • Kendeigh, S. Charles (Samuel Charles), 1904-1986
Description
431 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
International biological programme ; 12
Uniform Title
International biological programme ; 12.
Subject
  • Granivores > Ecology
  • Birds
  • Ecology
  • Birds > Ecology
  • Granivores
  • Birds
  • Ecology
  • ecology
  • Birds > Ecology
  • Granivores
  • Tierökologie
  • Vögel
  • Aves
  • Oiseaux
  • Oiseaux > Écologie
  • Oiseaux > Évolution
  • Oiseaux > Adaptation
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 379-424.
Contents
Machine derived contents note: List of contributors; Preface J. B. Cragg; 1. Introduction S. C. Kendeigh and J. Pinowski; 2. Variation and evolution in a granivorous bird: the house sparrow R. F. Johnston and W. J. Klitz; 3. Population dynamics M. I. Dyer, J. Pinowski and B. Pinowska; 4. Biomass and production rates J. Pinowska and A. Myrcha; 5. Avian energetics S. C. Kendeigh, V. R. Dol'nik and V. M. Gavrilov; 6. Assessing the potential impact of granivorous birds in ecosystems J. A. Wiens and M. I. Dyer; 7. Management of pest situations M. I. Dyer and P. Ward; 8. Adaptive correlates of granivory in birds J. A. Wiens and R. F. Johnston; 9. Epilogue S. C. Kendeigh, J. A. Wiens and J. Pinowski; References; Index.
ISBN
  • 0521215048
  • 9780521215046
LCCN
76047189
OCLC
  • ocm03003278
  • 3003278
  • SCSB-14346600
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