The flying zoo : birds, parasites, and the world they share /
Stock, Michael
The flying zoo : birds, parasites, and the world they share / Michael Stock. - First electronic edition, 2019. - 1 online resource (274 pages) : digital, PDF file.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- 1. A world on a bird -- 2. Lice : it's a beautiful life -- 3. Fleas : the circus in the zoo -- 4. Tough ticks -- 5. Mites : little things mean a lot -- 6. Flying zoo flies -- 7. The worms that ate the bird -- 8. Oddities in the flying zoo -- 9. Flying zoo behaviour -- 10. Environmental impacts : the future of the flying zoo.
Access restricted to LAC onsite clients.
"An enthusiastic zoological tribute to birds and the parasites that live in and on them is revealed in Michael Stock's exposé, The Flying Zoo. From the Crozet Archipelago and the Galapagos Islands to our backyards, parasites--fleas, lice, ticks, flukes--live in both sinister and symbiotic interdependency with host birds. Written with a scientist's exuberance of the beauty of pattern in nature, a co-evolutionary dance unfolds among an astounding cast of creatures living in a complex and paradoxical co-habitation. It is the contemporary follow-up to the classic Fleas, Flukes & Cuckoos. Students of biology, their instructors, and birders alike will want this volume on their shelves, as will natural history readers looking for a new tale of tails."--
9781772124408 (PDF) 1772124400 (PDF) 1772123749 (Trade Paper) 9781772123746
9781772123746
4613 00200596
20190114134 can
Birds--Ecology.
Birds--Parasites.
Parasitic birds.
Oiseaux parasites.
Oiseaux--Écologie.
Birds--Ecology.
Birds--Parasites.
Electronic books.
QL698.95 / .S76 2019eb
598.17
The flying zoo : birds, parasites, and the world they share / Michael Stock. - First electronic edition, 2019. - 1 online resource (274 pages) : digital, PDF file.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- 1. A world on a bird -- 2. Lice : it's a beautiful life -- 3. Fleas : the circus in the zoo -- 4. Tough ticks -- 5. Mites : little things mean a lot -- 6. Flying zoo flies -- 7. The worms that ate the bird -- 8. Oddities in the flying zoo -- 9. Flying zoo behaviour -- 10. Environmental impacts : the future of the flying zoo.
Access restricted to LAC onsite clients.
"An enthusiastic zoological tribute to birds and the parasites that live in and on them is revealed in Michael Stock's exposé, The Flying Zoo. From the Crozet Archipelago and the Galapagos Islands to our backyards, parasites--fleas, lice, ticks, flukes--live in both sinister and symbiotic interdependency with host birds. Written with a scientist's exuberance of the beauty of pattern in nature, a co-evolutionary dance unfolds among an astounding cast of creatures living in a complex and paradoxical co-habitation. It is the contemporary follow-up to the classic Fleas, Flukes & Cuckoos. Students of biology, their instructors, and birders alike will want this volume on their shelves, as will natural history readers looking for a new tale of tails."--
9781772124408 (PDF) 1772124400 (PDF) 1772123749 (Trade Paper) 9781772123746
9781772123746
4613 00200596
20190114134 can
Birds--Ecology.
Birds--Parasites.
Parasitic birds.
Oiseaux parasites.
Oiseaux--Écologie.
Birds--Ecology.
Birds--Parasites.
Electronic books.
QL698.95 / .S76 2019eb
598.17