The Pied Flycatcher

Poyser Monographs

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Produktnummer: 825013 Kategori:
Utgivelsesår: 2010-10
Antall sider: 280
Fotos – illustrasjoner: S-h f, tegn, fig.,
Innbinding: Innbundet
ISBN: 9781408137802
Språk: Engelsk
Serie: Poyser Monographs
Forlag: Poyser
Forfatter: Arne Lundberg, Rauno V. Alatalo

Digitalt nytrykk av original fra 1992(print on demand)

The Pied Flycatcher is one of Europe’s best-studied species.

The first detailed work on it was begun in the 1930s by German ornithologists, but it was Lars von Haartman’s Finnish study that both established long-term research on the species and founded many of the central themes of modern ornithology. Soon after, in the late 1940s, Bruce Campbell set up an intensive project in southwest England, which also still runs to this day. Many other eminent ornithologists followed and in 1979 Arne Lundberg and Rauno Alatalo started their own work in Sweden, Finland and latterly the north of England.

A Palaearctic migrant, the Pied Flycatcher is notable for its very variable male plumage and complex territorial and polygynous breeding system. They take readily to nest boxes and have provided excellent opportunities for the study of a wide range of biological problems.

This broad review of the species provides not only a detailed biology of this fascinating little bird, but a commentary on many of the most interesting problems in bird behaviour and ecology.

Illustrated by Tomas Part.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

1 The Pied Flycatcher: Background
2 Taxonomy and Distribution
3 Migration, Moult, and Age and Sex Determination
4 Nesting, Habitat, and Breeding Densities
5 Foraging Techniques and Diet
6 Breeding Time and Clutch Size
7 Egg-Laying, Incubation and Caring for Young
8 Longevity, Age at First Breeding, and Dispersal
9 Song
10 Male Plumage Colour and its Variation
11 Pair Formation and Female Choice
12 Mating Systems
13 Hybridization
14 Breeding in Natural Cavities

Appendices
References
Index

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