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020			_a9781620409527 _q(hardback)
020			_a1620409526 _q(hardback)
020			_a9781620409541 _q(paperback)
020			_a1620409542 _q(paperback)
020			_z9781620409534 _q(epub)
020			_a9781408856567
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024	3		_a9781620409527
035			_a(OCoLC)881092849 _z(OCoLC)906782669 _z(OCoLC)910950932
037			_bSt Martins Pr, C/O Mps 16365 James Madison Hwy Us Hwy 15, Gordonsville, VA, USA, 22942, (212)6745151 _nSAN 631-5011
050	1	4	_aQL696.C83 _bD388 2015
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100	1		_aDavies, N. B. _q(Nicholas B.), _d1952- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aCuckoo : _bcheating by nature / _cNick Davies ; with field drawings by James McCallum.
250			_aFirst U.S. edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bBloomsbury USA, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, _c2015.
264		4	_c
300			_axx, 289 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some color), map ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"First published in Great Britain 2015"--Title page verso.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aA cuckoo in the nest -- How the cuckoo lays her egg -- Wicked fen -- Harbinger of spring -- Playing cuckoo -- An arms race with eggs -- Signatures and forgeries -- A cheat in various guises -- A strange and odious instinct -- Begging tricks -- Choosing hosts -- An entangled bank -- Cuckoos in decline -- A changing world.
520			_aHow does the cuckoo get away with laying its eggs in the nests of other birds and tricking them into raising young cuckoos rather than their own offspring? Early observers who noticed a little warbler feeding a monstrously large cuckoo chick concluded the cuckoo's lack of parental care was the result of faulty design by the Creator, and that the hosts chose to help the poor cuckoo. These quaint views of bad design and benevolence were banished after Charles Darwin proposed that the cuckoo tricks the hosts in an evolutionary battle, where hosts evolve better defenses against cuckoos and cuckoos, in turn, evolve better trickery to outwit the hosts. For the last three decades, Davies has employed observation and field experiments to unravel the details of this evolutionary "arms race" between cuckoos and their hosts. Like a detective, Davies and his colleagues studied adult cuckoo behavior, cuckoo egg markings, and cuckoo chick begging calls to discover exactly how cuckoos trick their hosts.
600	1	7	_aKuckuck, ... _2gnd
650		0	_aCuckoos _xBehavior.
650		0	_aBrood parasitism.
650		0	_aCuckoos _xEvolution.
650		0	_aCuckoos _xLife cycles.
650		0	_aHost-parasite relationships.
650		0	_aParasitic birds _xBehavior.
650		0	_aBirds _xBehavior.
650		0	_aBehavior evolution.
650		0	_aEvolution (Biology)
650		7	_aBehavior evolution. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00829910
650		7	_aBirds _xBehavior. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00832976
650		7	_aBrood parasitism. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00839621
650		7	_aCuckoos _xBehavior. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00884880
650		7	_aEvolution (Biology) _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00917302
650		7	_aHost-parasite relationships. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00961620
655		4	_aNarrative non-fiction.
700	1		_aMcCallum, James _c(Wildlife artist), _eillustrator.
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