The True Shrikes (Laniidae) of the World: Ecology, Behavior and Evolution
by Panov, E.N.

Format: Hardcover
Code: 14450
Condition: New
Product Details
Also examined here, all within the framework of an integral system of adaptation, are evolutionary trends affecting changes in body size and plumage coloration, foraging behavior, breeding dispersion, motor signal behavior and vocalizations. Special attention is paid to the development of signal and communication behavior in groups of closely related species at different stages of their divergent evolution. The breakdown of isolating mechanisms, leading to hybridization and a local fusion of closely related species in their secondary contact zones, its causes and dynamics, is another fascinating topic dealt with in the book. The results of recent molecular studies on shrikes are discussed as well.
The author, an exceptionally skilled observer and interpreter of bird behavior, has drawn on his immense experience of many hours spent watching shrikes in the field and has reared young shrikes in captivity. The book's thought-provoking text is well supported by an array of diagrams, tables, drawings by the author, and color photographs of birds and habitats.
ISBN: 9789546425768
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
Year of Publication: 2011
Page Count: 910
Weight: 5 lb