Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Sedivy, Julie,

Description

1. xi, 260 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

1. "An enthusiastic zoological tribute to birds and the parasites that live in and on them is revealed in Michael Stock's exposé, The Flying Zoo. From the Crozet Archipelago and the Galapagos Islands to our backyards, parasites--fleas, lice, ticks, flukes--live in both sinister and symbiotic interdependency with host birds. Written with a scientist's exuberance of the beauty of pattern in nature, a co-evolutionary dance unfolds among an astounding cast of creatures living in a complex and paradoxical co-habitation. It is the contemporary follow-up to the classic Fleas, Flukes & Cuckoos. Students of biology, their instructors, and birders alike will want this volume on their shelves, as will natural history readers looking for a new tale of tails."--

Subject

1. Birds > Ecology
2. Birds > Parasites
3. MEDICAL > Small Animal
4. Oiseaux > Écologie
5. Oiseaux parasites

Contents

1. A World on a Bird -- Lice -- Fleas -- Tough Ticks -- Mites -- Flying Zoo Flies -- The Worms that Ate the Bird -- Oddities in the Flying Zoo -- Flying Zoo Behaviour -- Environmental Impacts.

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Note

1. "Editing and proofreading by Julie Sedivy"--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-237) and index.

Additional formats (note)

1. Issued also in electronic format.