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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Toft, Catherine Ann, 1950-2011, author.     Subjects     Parrots.     Parrots -- Conservation.     Human-animal relationships.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Toft, Catherine Ann, 1950-2011, author.       by title:      Parrots of the wild ...         MARC Display

Parrots of the wild : a natural history of the world's most captivating birds / Catherine A. Toft and Timothy F. Wright ; foreword by James D. Gilardi. by Toft, Catherine Ann, 1950-2011, author. Oakland, California : University of California Press ; [Lake Alfred, FL] : In collaboration with the World Parrot Trust, c2015. Subjects Parrots.   Parrots -- Conservation.   Human-animal relationships. ISBN:  9780520239258 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520239253 (cloth : alk. paper) Description:  xx, 345 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Part I. The World of Parrots : Introducing the Psittaciformes. 1. What are the parrots and where did they come from? : the evolutionary history of the parrots : phylogeny -- Part II. The Functional Parrot : Physiology, Morphology and Behavior. 2. The thriving parrot : the foods and beaks of parrots : foraging ecology ; 3. The sensible parrot : how parrots perceive and use information : sensory biology and communication ; 4. The thinking parrot : the brains of parrots and how they use them : cognitive ethology -- Part III. The Lives of Parrots : Mating, Life History, and Populations. 5. Sex and marriage : the mating systems of parrots : behavioral ecology ; 6. From the cradle to the grave : the life histories of parrots : evolutionary ecology ; 7. Populations of parrots : conservation and invasion biology : population ecology -- Epilogue: Themes and threads uniting the chapters of this book. Requests:  0 Summary:  "A synthetic account of the diversity and ecology of wild parrots, distilling knowledge from the author's own research and from her review of more than 2,400 published scientific studies. The text covers parrots' evolutionary history, foraging, mating, and social behavior, innate intelligence, and conservation status. The book is enhanced by an array of illustrations, including photos of parrots taken exclusively in their natural habitat"--Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 598.71 To Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 598.71 Toft Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult Nonfiction 598.71 To Display Area Add Copy to MyList McCully-Moiliili Public Library Adult Nonfiction 598.71 To Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 598.71 To Checked In Add Copy to MyList Pahoa P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 598.71 To Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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