Cuckoos, Cowbirds and Other Cheats

by Nicholas B. Davies

Book Overview

In this fascinating new book, Nick Davies describes the natural histories of these brood parasites and examines many of the exciting questions they raise about the evolution of cheating and the arms race between parasites and their prey. Brood parasites fill their armory with adaptations including exquisite egg mimicry, rapid laying, ejection of host eggs, murder of host young, chick mimicry and manipulative begging behavior: ploys shown by recent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0856611352
• ISBN13: 9780856611353
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.7" x 10.2"