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Wilson Bulletin;  September 1, 2001 ;     635 words ...BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY OF TROPICAL BIRDS. By Bridget J...of birds in the temperate zone is insufficient...to argue that tropical bird communities...pheoniceus), all temperate species, that generalizations...fertilizations in temperate species, all constrained...authors suggest ...

Recent advances in the behavioral ecology of tropical birds: the 2005...

The Wilson Journal of Ornithology;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......outnumber those of tropical birds by a margin...not be why do tropical birds lay so few eggs...Studies of tropical birds test existing...behavioral ecology of tropical birds to show how run-of-the-mill tropical birds have fundamentally...illustrate how ...

CITY WANTS TROPICAL BIRDS TO FLY

Post-Tribune (IN);  May 25, 1990 ;     211 words ......s west side is raising and selling tropical birds from her home in violation of zoning...of 1309 Del Vista Drive is selling tropical birds from her residence and doesn't have...Strum had a dozen or more full-grown tropical birds in her home and numerous baby birds...

FOLLOWING IN DARWIN'S FOOTPRINTS: MICHAELA HAU UNLOCKS SECRETS OF TROPICAL...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ......tradition. Her studies of tropical birds may shed light on the mysteries...lineages. This is where the tropical birds come in. During the Ice...landscape. Thus, many of today's temperate-zone birds have evolved from tropical ancestors. In fact, this...world's bird species live in ...

Aviary raid

The Independent - London;  January 25, 1994 ;     22 words ...Ninety tropical birds worth pounds 3,000, including parrots and cockateels, were stolen from an aviary in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire.

STORY IDEAS FOR MEDIA, MAY 29

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 29, 2007 ;     700+ words ......edu/archive/ltmdlsci.htm. Research Tropical birds have slow pace of life compared to...the pace of life a bit more relaxed. Tropical birds expend less energy at rest than do...Academy of Sciences. "We found that tropical birds have a slow pace of life which is reflected...

Gang target rare parrots.(News)

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  May 12, 1997 ;     63 words ...Tropical birds stolen in Scotland may have been taken by English thieves. Three parrots...were snatched from the Borders and recovered in Newcastle. Traders in tropical birds fear that organised gangs are coming to Scotland more often to steal...

SURVIVAL RATES OF A NEOTROPICAL PARROT: IMPLICATIONS FOR LATITUDINAL...

Ecology;  May 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......attempts to determine the survivorship of tropical birds with mark-recapture statistics have...body size but was lower than that of tropical birds that lay smaller clutches. However...consecutive years. A literature review for tropical birds showe d that mark-resighting studies...

WARBLERS TRAVEL FROM TROPICS TO FIND BANQUET OF BUGS

Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current);  September 7, 2008 ;     581 words ......the end of the Great Ice Age, some tropical birds (warblers among them) followed retreating...the U.S., even flocking with resident tropical birds, foraging together but on different...leave for the winter; rather they're tropical birds that come for the summer, making the...

USPS: Tropical birds take flight from post offices

M2 Presswire;  July 22, 1998 ;     404 words ...M2 PRESSWIRE-22 July 1998-USPS: Tropical birds take flight from post offices (C)1994-...160798 WASHINGTON -- Seventy million Tropical Birds stamps will begin their flight from...coast of Puerto Rico. The other two tropical birds featured in the block of four stamps...

trogon

Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      30 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 tro|gon (tro'gn) n. any of an order (Trogoniformes) of bright-colored, fruit-eating tropical birds Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY: Volunteers needed to help save tropical birds.

M2 Presswire;  November 24, 1998 ;     464 words ......UNIVERSITY: Volunteers needed to help save tropical birds (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE...small villages in Ecuador to study tropical birds, their distribution and abundance...together to locate, measure and band tropical birds. Becker said that in her past experience...

Down where the iguanas play

The Independent - London;  July 20, 1996 ;     700+ words ......you can see - and sometimes handle - snakes, tarantulas, tropical birds and fish, while outside there are play and picnic areas...stroking snakes and shouts of "shut up" to the shrieking tropical birds. Yet he clearly knows his subject and takes on many animals...

sun-grebe

Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      36 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 sun-grebe (sun'greb) n. any of a gruiform family (Heliornithidae) of shy, long-necked tropical birds living along streams, lakes, etc. Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

(book reviews)

Wilson Bulletin;  September 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......neotropical migrants ) are essentially tropical birds that leave the neotropics only to breed...rates. (6) The diets of temperate and tropical birds are generally similar. (7) There are...remarkably specialized diets of many tropical birds are not mentioned. (5) Rappole emphasizes...