Behavioral Ecology of Tropical BirdsThis book examines behavioral adaptations of tropical birds in timing of breeding, life history traits, mating systems and parental care, territoriality, communication, and biotic interactions, and emphasizes the many gaps in our knowledge of tropical birds. We urge students and researchers in temperate and tropical regions alike to realize the potential they have for improving our knowledge of avian adaptations far beyond what is currently accepted as gospel. Time is running out. |
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Page 15
... dispersal of fledglings , rather than by the ability of parents to feed a large brood of nestlings in the nest . Fledglings often remain on their parent's territory for many months after they leave the nest , and this period may be ...
... dispersal of fledglings , rather than by the ability of parents to feed a large brood of nestlings in the nest . Fledglings often remain on their parent's territory for many months after they leave the nest , and this period may be ...
Page 57
... dispersal becomes difficult for most juveniles owing to habitat saturation . The habitat saturation model for the evolution of cooperative breeding is based on the idea that young birds delay dispersal because , in its strictest form ...
... dispersal becomes difficult for most juveniles owing to habitat saturation . The habitat saturation model for the evolution of cooperative breeding is based on the idea that young birds delay dispersal because , in its strictest form ...
Page 60
... dispersal . This may also apply to resident temperate zone species , where food abundance during the breeding season is high for most pairs and raising young is possible on all terri- tories . For most tropical birds , those that do not ...
... dispersal . This may also apply to resident temperate zone species , where food abundance during the breeding season is high for most pairs and raising young is possible on all terri- tories . For most tropical birds , those that do not ...
Contents
Breeding seasons | 9 |
Life history traits | 23 |
Mating systems | 39 |
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Behavioral Ecology of Tropical Birds Bridget J.M. Stutchbury,Eugene S. Morton No preview available - 2022 |
Behavioral Ecology of Tropical Birds Bridget J.M. Stutchbury,Eugene S. Morton No preview available - 2001 |
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adults altricial Antwrens avian Behav biotic interactions Birkhead breeding season breeding synchrony breeding territories broods Clay-colored Robin competition cooperative breeding copulations dialects dispersal display dry season Dusky Antbirds Ecol Elaenia EPCs EPFs evolution extra-pair mating systems Figure floaters flycatchers food availability foraging forest frequency frugivorous fruit Greenberg and Gradwohl habitat Hooded Warblers House Wrens individuals insectivorous insects lekking leks Lesser Elaenias male parental manakins mate choice mating systems migrants mixed species flocks Møller molt monogamous Morton neighbors neotropical nest predation nestlings nonbreeding occur Panama passerines patterns polygyny population quality territories repertoires reproductive success ritorial sex roles sexual selection sing Skutch small clutch Sociobiol song output song rate sparrows Spotted Antbirds studies Stutchbury survival Tanager temperate zone birds temperate zone passerines temperate zone species territorial systems territory defense territory quality testosterone testosterone levels tropical birds tropical passerines tropical species Vireo Wikelski Wingfield Wrens year-long territories Yellow-bellied Elaenia