Behavior of Marine Animals Current Perspectives in Research. Marine Birds

Behavior of Marine Animals Current Perspectives in Research. Marine Birds / by Joanna Burger, Bori L. Olla, Howard E. Winn.

The maJonty of the chapters in this volume are structured to include a balance between literature review, original data, and synthesis. The research approaches taken by the authors are generallyof two kinds. One centers on the long-term, in-depth study of a single species in which many aspects of it...

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Main Authors: Burger, Joanna (Author), Olla, Bori L. (Author), Winn, Howard E. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1980.
Edition:1st ed. 1980.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Aquatic ecology .
Zoology.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Seabirds as Marine Animals
  • 2 Chemoreception in Seabirds
  • 3 Habitat Selection and Marine Birds
  • 4 Mate Selection and Mating Systems in Seabirds
  • 5 The Influence of Age on the Breeding Biology of Colonial Nesting Seabirds
  • 6 The Communication Behavior of Gulls and Other Seabirds
  • 7 Mechanisms and Adaptive Value of Reproductive Synchrony in Colonial Seabirds
  • 8 Development of Behavior in Seabirds: An Ecological Perspective
  • 9 Parental Investments by Seabirds at the Breeding Area with Emphasis on Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus)
  • 10 The Transition to Independence and Postfledging Parental Care in Seabirds
  • 11 Comparative Distribution and Orientation of North American Gulls
  • Species Index.

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