Birds Of Tropical America

, by Hilty, Steven L.

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ISBN: 9780292706736 | 0292706731
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 4/30/2005

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Birds of Tropical America was published by Chapters Publishing in 1994 and went out of print in 1997. UT Press is pleased to reissue it with a new epilogue and updated references.

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Acknowledgments	9	(1)
Dreams Meet Reality in the American Tropics: A Preface	10	(9)
Avian Addresses: Structure of a Rainforest Bird Community	19	(20)
Tropical Diversity: Why So Many Bird Species in Tropical Forests?	39	(17)
Ghosts of Rainforests Past: Amazonian Biogeography	56	(15)
High-Andean Genealogy: Unraveling Ice Age Secrets	71	(13)
Tropical Travelers: Migration Within the Tropics	84	(16)
The Clubbiest of Clubs: Life in a Mixed-Species Flock	100	(13)
Antbirds Don't Eat Ants: Rhythms and Rituals at Ant Swarms	113	(14)
Who Is the Fairest? Colorfulness in Tropical and Temperate Birds	127	(14)
Fruit of the Land: Birds, Fruit and Seed Dispersal	141	(15)
Anatomy of a Fruit Eater: Foraging Tactics of Fruit-Eating Birds	156	(13)
A Good Song and Dance: Alternative Life-Styles of Manakins and Cotingas	169	(16)
Territories or Traplines? Hummingbird Foraging Strategies	185	(15)
Cold Reality: Highland Hummingbirds	200	(15)
Sallying Forth: A Flycatcher Baedeker	215	(14)
Finding a Needle in the Haystack: A Vulture's View of Paradise	229	(13)
The Costs and Benefits of Growing Old: Life and Love Among the Caciques	242	(14)
Sound Strategies: Sopranos Should Sing From the Treetops	256	(10)
Perilous Paradise: Tropical River Islands	266	(12)
In Search of a Season: When Do Tropical Birds Nest?	278	(12)
Epilogue	290	(5)
Bibliography	295	(9)
Index	304

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Birds Of Tropical America

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