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Birds are not particularly well suited to desert life. Unlike mammals, they are generally active during the day and do not usually go underground to escape the intense desert heat. Among the few types of birds that have successfully invaded the desert ecosystem are the predators. Many species of hawks, owls, roadrunners, vultures, and shrikes survive very well in deserts. What attributes make this group especially suited to desert life? How have they augmented their abilities to cope with the harsh constraints imposed by the desert habitat? These are among the issues explored in this new volume, which brings together much of the current research on adaptations of avian desert predators.
- Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 3-14
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Vultures
Pages 15-30
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Hawks and Allies
Pages 31-52
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Roadrunners
Pages 53-70
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Owls
Pages 71-96
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Avian Desert Predators
- Authors
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- William E. Cook
- Series Title
- Adaptations of Desert Organisms
- Copyright
- 1997
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-642-60353-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-642-60353-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-642-64367-5
- Series ISSN
- 1430-9432
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VIII, 128
- Topics
