Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Orians, Gordon H.

Publication

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

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Details

Description

xii, 295 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Monographs in population biology ; 14

Uniform Title

Monographs in population biology ; 14.

Subject

• Blackbirds > Behavior
• Marsh ecology
• Adaptation (Biology)
• Resource partitioning (Ecology)
• Birds > Behavior
• Adaptation, Biological
• Amsel
• Anpassung
• Icteridae
• Amsel

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The Approach and the Subjects -- The Players -- The Theater -- Materials and Methods -- Marshes as Providers of Resources for Blackbirds -- Quantity of Emergence -- Temporal Pattern of Emergence -- Abundance of Insects on the Uplands -- 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 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 -- 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 -- Island Biogeography of Marshes -- Effects of Blackbird Predation on Odonate Populations.

ISBN

• 0691082367
• 9780691082363
• 0691082375
• 9780691082370

LCCN

79084005

OCLC

• ocm05100786
• 5100786
• SCSB-9717462

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library