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    Juan Carlos Reboreda, Vanina Dafne Fiorini, Diego Tomás Tuero, editors.
    Summary: 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. International experts provide a general overview of main behavioral aspects, and present the main findings of their work, including experimental approaches to testing the most accepted behavioral theory in their model systems. They propose new theoretical frameworks and future research directions. 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.

    Contents:
    Social mating system divergence between north and south temperate wrens
    Understanding variation in extra-pair paternity in birds : a focus on Neotropical birds
    Cooperative and communal breeding
    Sexual selection and mating systems : contributions from a Neotropical passerine model
    Brood reduction in Neotropical birds : mechanisms, patterns and insights from studies in the imperial shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps)
    Obligate brood parasitism on Neotropical birds
    Bird migration in South America : the fork-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus savana) as a case study
    Visual and acoustic communication in Neotropical birds : diversity and evolution of signals
    A reappraisal of the fruit-taking and fruit-handling behaviors of Neotropical birds
    Perspectives on the study of field hummingbird cognition in the neotropics.
    Digital Access Springer 2019