Bird nests and construction behaviour /
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Author / Creator: | Hansell, Michael H. (Michael Henry), 1940- |
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Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 280 pages) : illustrations |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11119707 |
Table of Contents:
- Animal builders and the importance of bird nests
- The clutch-nest relationship
- Standardising the nest description
- Construction
- The structure
- The cost of nest building
- The selection of a nest site
- Bowers, building quality and mate assessment
- The evolution of nest building
- Bibliography
- Index.