The cuckoos /
In The Cuckoos, Robert B. Payne presents a new evolutionary history of the family based on molecular genetics, and uses the family tree to explore the origins and diversity of their behaviour. He traces details of the cuckoos' biology to their original sources, includes descriptions of previous...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Series: | Bird families of the world ;
15. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | In The Cuckoos, Robert B. Payne presents a new evolutionary history of the family based on molecular genetics, and uses the family tree to explore the origins and diversity of their behaviour. He traces details of the cuckoos' biology to their original sources, includes descriptions of previously unpublished field observations, and reveals new comparisons of songs showing previously overlooked cuckoo species. Lavishly illustrated with specially commissioned colour plates. and numerous maps, halftones, and line drawings, |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 618 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 526-606) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1429421649 9781429421645 1280758813 9781280758812 0191513555 9780191513558 |
