Bowerbirds: Ptilonorhychidae

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Series: BIRD FAMILIES OF THE WORLD

Edited by Clifford Frith et al

416 pages, 16 col plates, 77 b/w illus, 26 maps.

Oxford University Press

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Hardcover [print-on-demand] | 2004 | #132927 | ISBN: 0198548443

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List of colour plates; List of abbreviations; Plan of the book; Diagrams of bird topography; Map showing some locations mentioned in the text; Boundaries of the regional maps used in the species accounts of Chapter 8; PART I GENERAL CHAPTERS; 1. The bowerbirds--an introduction; 2. Systematics and biogeography; 3. Ecological cycles, foraging, and other behaviour; 4. Morphology, demography, bower sites, structures, and their significance; 5. Bower site acquisition, fidelity, attendance, and courtship displays; 6. Breeding biology and parental care; 7. Evolution of mating systems and sexual selection; PART II FAMILY, GENUS, AND SPECIES ACCOUNTS; 8. Family PTILONORHYNCHIDAE 20 species in 8 genera; Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

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