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Description: |
ix, 388 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Foreword: Cowbirds and Bull-hockey / Paul R. Ehrilich -- General Introduction: Brown-headed Cowbirds as a Model System for Studies of Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology / James N.M. Smith and Stephen I. Rothstein -- pt. I. Population Trends of Cowbirds and Hosts and Relevant Methodology. 1. Introduction / Stephen I. Rothstein and Scott K. Robinson. 2. Temporal and Geographic Patterns in Population Trends of Brown-headed Cowbirds / Bruce G. Peterjohn, John R. Sauer and Sandra Schwarz. 3. Cowbird Population Changes and Their Relationship to Changes in Some Host Species / David A. Wiedenfeld. 4. Spread of Shiny and Brown-headed Cowbirds into the Florida Region / Alexander Cruz, John W. Prather and William Post / [and others]. |