American Warblers: An Ecological and Behavioral Perspective [Reprint 2014 ed.] 9780674865747, 9780674865730

Morse Douglass H. : Douglass H. Morse is Hermon Carey Bumpus Professor of Biology, Brown University.

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English Pages 418 [420] Year 1989

Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
1. Distribution and Evolutionary History
2. The Breeding Season
3. Foraging
4. Habitat Selection and Use
5. Territorial Behavior and Other Aspects of Resource Exploitation
6. Predators and Parasites
7. Display
8. Plumage
9. Migration
10. The Wintering Season
11. Rare Species
12. Population Limitation and Species Diversity
13. Hybrids
14. Tropical Warblers
15. Ecological Equivalents
16. Opportunities for Further Research
References
Index

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American Warblers

DOUGLASS H. MORSE

American Warblers AN E C O L O G I C A L AND BEHAVIORAL PERSPECTIVE

H A R V A R D U N I V E R S I T Y PRESS Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England · 1989

Copyright © 1989 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America io

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This book is printed on acid-free paper, and its binding materials have been chosen for strength and durability. Typeset in Galliard and designed by Marianne Perlak. Library