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Includes a comprehensive and updated guide to the main aspects of Neotropical birds’ behavioural ecology
The authors of each chapter are specialists in their field. They present the main findings of their studies, which form a complete portrait of the topic
Covers a wide range of systematic groups of Neotropical bird species
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book covers central aspects of behavioral ecology, including sexual selection, social and genetic mating systems, cooperative breeding, brood parasitism, brood reduction, migration, personalities and communication. Over the past several years, Neotropical bird species from temperate to tropical latitudes of South America have been extensively studied, yielding valuable insights into the evolutionary mechanisms that drive their behavioral traits.
In this book, international experts provide a general overview of main behavioral aspects. They also present the main findings of their work, including experimental approaches to testing the most accepted behavioral theory in their model systems. In closing, they propose new theoretical frameworks and future research directions. As such, the book provides a comprehensive and updated guide for all researchers, students and professionals whose work involves the study and management of birds across the Neotropical region.
Reviews
“The present book adds new information on South American species and provides wider and sometimes contrasting interpretations of several topics. It therefore represents a useful complement to the earlier volume, and should be of wide interest to students of behavioral ecology.” (F. Gary Stiles, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 95 (3), 2020)
Editors and Affiliations
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Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, University of Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Juan Carlos Reboreda, Vanina Dafne Fiorini, Diego Tomás Tuero
About the editors
Juan C. Reboreda is a professor at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and a National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET) Superior Researcher. He received his MSc and PhD degrees at UBA, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge and at the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology, Oxford University. Juan’s research interests focus on the study of the interactions between brood parasitic cowbirds and their hosts and the behavior and conservation of endangered grassland birds. He has published more than 120 papers, mainly in ornithological and animal behavior. He was associate editor of The Auk, Bird Conservation International, EMU and was a member of the Global Council of BirdLife International. He is member of Asociación Ornitológica del Plata, and fellow of the International Ornithological Society and the American Ornithologists' Union. He has served as Director of the Department of Ecology, Genetics and Evolution, Secretary of Science, Vice-dean and Dean of the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires.
Vanina Fiorini received her bachelor’s and Ph.D. degrees in Biological Sciences from the Univeristy of Buenos Aires. Her postdoc focused on invasive bird species in Argentina. In 2010 she became a CONICET researcher and continued studying the co-evolutionary relationships between parasitic cowbirds Molothrus spp. and their hosts, focusing on their co-adaptations, ecology and behavior. Vanina has published more than 20 papers, most of them in high impact behavioral ecology journals. She is a member of the Asociación Ornitológica del Plata. In recent years Vanina has served as reviewer for different scientific journals as Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology and the Journal of Avian Biology.
Diego Tuero received his bachelor’s and Ph.D. degrees in Biological Science from the University of Buenos Aires. During his postdoc Diego continued his studies in behavioral ecology, evaluating the evolution of avian tails under sexual selection processes and migratory behavior in austral migrants. In 2014, he became a CONICET research fellow, studying adaptations of brood parasite species, migration in neotropical bird species, and avian traits under sexual selection pressure. He has published more than 15 research articles, was advisor of under-graduated and graduated students, and served as reviewer for behavioral and ornithological journals. He is a member of the Asociación Ornitológica del Plata and the International Society for Behavioral Ecology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Behavioral Ecology of Neotropical Birds
Editors: Juan Carlos Reboreda, Vanina Dafne Fiorini, Diego Tomás Tuero
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14280-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-14279-7Published: 07 May 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-14280-3Published: 24 April 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 220
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour
Topics: Behavioral Sciences, Animal Ecology, Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Evolutionary Biology