Trends in ornithology research / Pedro K. Ulrich and Julien H. Willett, editors
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- New York : Nova Science Publishers, ©2010.
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- 1 online resource
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- Ulrich, Pedro K. and Willett, Julien H.
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- English.
- Contents
- ""TRENDS IN ORNITHOLOGY RESEARCH ""; ""TRENDS IN ORNITHOLOGY RESEARCH ""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""On the Trail of Early Birds: A Review of the Fossil Footprint Record of Avian Morphological and Behavioral Evolution""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Naming and Classifying Fossil Bird Tracks""; ""A Review of Important Fossil Bird Footprint Discoveries""; ""Early perceptions and reports of fossil bird tracks: 1830s-1920s""; ""The naming of the first bird tracks: 1930s""; ""The 1960s: attempts to standardize Cenozoic avian ichnotaxonomy"", ""Expanding the track record of Cretaceous birds: 1990s-present""""Synthesis""; ""Dominant Track Types in the Fossil Record""; ""Problems of Ichnotaxonomic Synonymy and Preservation""; ""Lumping, splitting and synonymy""; ""The Avipeda problem: a case study""; ""Ichnofamilies and morphofamilies""; ""The ultimate aims of ichnotaxonomy""; ""Geographical and Geochronological Distribution Patterns""; ""Behavioral Interpretations""; ""Collective paleoecology and ichnofacies perspectives""; ""Individual behavior""; ""Consistency between the Avian Track and Bone Records"", ""Evolutionary Significance""""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Trophic Relationships and Mechanisms of Ecological Segregation among Heron Species in the Parana River Floodplain (Birds: Ardeidae)""; ""1Instituto Nacional de LimnologÃa (INALI, CONICET -- UNL), Paraje El Pozo s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina""; ""2Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo de La Plata (U.N.L.P.), Paseo del Bosque s/n, (1900) La Plata , Buenos Aires, Argentina""; ""3Centro de Investigación CientÃfica y Tecnológica con Transferencia a la Producción (CONICET)"", and ""Great egret""""Black-crowned night-heron""; ""Trophic Diversity""; ""Cocoi Heron""; ""Striated heron""; ""Cattle egret""; ""Rufescent tiger-heron""; ""Whistling heron""; ""Snowy egret""; ""Stripe-backed bittern""; ""Great egret""; ""Black-crowned night-heron""; ""Diet Overlap""; ""Trophic Niche Amplitude""; ""Dietary Efficiency""; ""Size of Prey""; ""Cocoi Heron""; ""Striated heron""; ""Cattle egret""; ""Rufescent tiger-heron""; ""Whistling heron""; ""Snowy egret""; ""Stripe-backed bittern""; ""Great egret""; ""Black-crowned night-heron""; ""Dietary Selectivity""
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- 9781619423268 ebook
161942326X
1608764540 hardcover
9781608764549 hardcover - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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