The cuckoos / Robert B. Payne ; with a molecular genetic analysis of cuckoo phylogeny by Michael D. Sorenson and Robert B. Payne ; color plates by Karen Klitz ; black and white illustrations by John Megahan.

By:

Payne, Robert B

Contributor(s):

Sorenson, Michael D. (Michael Douglas)

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Bird families of the world ; 15.Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 618 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

1429421649
9781429421645
1280758813
9781280758812
0191513555
9780191513558

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cuckoos.DDC classification:

598.7/4 22

LOC classification:

QL696.C83 P39 2005eb

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Contents:

pt. 1. General chapters -- pt. 2. Species accounts.

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 He traces details of the cuckoos' biology to their original sources, includes descriptions of previously unpublished field observations, and reveals new comparisons of songs showing previously overlooked cuckoo species.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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 526-606) and index.

pt. 1. General chapters -- pt. 2. Species accounts.

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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 He traces details of the cuckoos' biology to their original sources, includes descriptions of previously unpublished field observations, and reveals new comparisons of songs showing previously overlooked cuckoo species.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,

English.

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