The Megapodes: Megapodiidae (Bird Families of the World, Band 3) - Hardcover

Jones, Darryl N.; Dekker, Rene W. R. J.; Roselaar, Cees S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198546513 ISBN 13: 9780198546511

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1995

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Beautifully illustrated and magnificently comprehensive, The Megapodes is the most authoritative guide on the subject available. Distributed over Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, The Philippines, the Nicobar Islands of India, and several southwest Pacific Islands, the Megapodes are heavy-bodied birds of the forest floor (they can fly, but move mostly by walking) who forage for insects, seeds, and fallen fruit. The only birds known to use external heat sources rather than body heat for incubation, their young emerge fully able to fend for themselves and receive no parental care. The first part of the book provides an overview of the family as a whole; describes their taxonomy, distribution, biology, and behavior; and focuses on the physiological, ecological, and behavioral adaptations that have resulted from its unique incubation technique. The second part features 22 species accounts, each of which contains a complete description of the bird in its natural state. Each account is based on the best literature available, the authors' own field research, and information collected from the distinguished efforts of the Megapode Specialist Group. Sonograms are included where possible. This volume--as with others in the Bird Families of the World series--will be indispensable to professional and amateur ornithologists alike.

Bird Families of the World is a new multivolume series of handbooks that will prove indispensable to both the professional scientist and the ever-growing body of amateur ornithologists. Each volume will provide a comprehensive synthesis of current knowledge on one bird family or several related families. In each book the reader will find: six to nine general chapters on the biology, feeding ecology, breeding behavior, evolutionary relationships, and conservation of birds in the family; specially commissioned color plates by a leading artist; black-and-white illustrations of anatomy and behavior; descriptions of each species that cover appearance, weight, measurements, field characters, voice, habitat, food, breeding behavior, life cycle, range, and status (with distribution map). They will provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date species-level information available.

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Darryl N. Jones is Lecturer in Environmental Sciences at Griffith University. Rene W. R. J. Dekker is Curator of Birds at the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden. Cees S. Roselaar has a position with the Institute for Systematics and Population Biology at the University of Amsterdam.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0198546513
• ISBN 13: 9780198546511
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 282
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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