The Common Tern: Its Breeding Biology and Social Behavior
Language: English
Published by Columbia University Press, New York, NY Oxford, UK, 1991
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xviii + 414 pp, preface and Acknowledgments, ten chapters, with figures, b&w photos, tables throughout. Chapter titles - One. Common Terns, Other Terns, and Coloniality; Two: Study Sites, Methods, Samples, and Definitions; Three: Breeding Biology, Phenology, Acitivity patterns, and Synchrony; Four: Habitat Selection and Territoriality; Five - Aggressive Behavior; Six - Predation, Vigilance, and Antipredator Behavior; Seven - Piracy ibn Common Tern Colonies; Eight - Floods, Heavy Rains, and Huban Distrubance; Nine - Reproductive Success and Colony Dynamics; Tend - Conclusions and Summary; Appendix A. Scientific Names of Organisms Referred to in text; Appendix B. Terns of the World; Appendix C. Characteristics and Composition of Colonies; Appendix D. Clutch Size Distribution for Common Terns; Bibliography, Taxonomic Index, Subject Index. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. Top edge text block with very light fox spotting, blue cloth unworn, red epine letters bright. DJ unclipped, in removable mylar protector. . Size: Octavo.…
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- Title
- The Common Tern: Its Breeding Biology and Social Behavior
- Author
- Burger, Joanna / Gochfeld, Michael
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press, New York, NY Oxford, UK
- Publication year
- 1991
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hard Cover - Cloth
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0231075022
- ISBN 13
- 9780231075022
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing.
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- NATURE & ECOLOGY
A significant dynamic of their social behavior is their “mobbing” behavior when they aggressively defend their nests against predators and will attack intruders, including human beings.
Analysis of this and other behaviors as they affect breeding and population provide fascinating insights in the study of birds.
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