This book is a very good introduction to the field‎,‎ laced with lots of attractive research ideas‎.‎ African Zoology I strongly recommend Evolutionary Ecology of Birds to anyone who is interested in a comparative approach to evolutionary ecology‎.‎ This book‎,‎ like Lack‎'‎s‎,‎ is an exemplar for how to systematically form and test hypotheses using comparative data‎.‎ As happened after the publiscation of Lack‎'‎s book‎,‎ I anticipate a rash of studies that revisit or expand upon the authors‎'‎ results‎.‎ Tom Langen in Ecology ‎(‎2002‎)‎ The tradition embodies by Lack is enhanced here by the insights that new approaches can generate‎.‎ David Westneat in Trends in Ecology and Evolution ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ it provides a useful overview of the strengths and weaknesses of the comparative method‎,‎ and it certainly stimulates thinking about how we can learn more about variation in avian life histories and mating systems‎.‎ Nature The authors have written a wonderfully stimulating book which‎,‎ like Lack‎'‎s original‎,‎ is a landmark in bird biology and shoul‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎