| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 293 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Evolutionary origins / J. David Ligon, D. Brent Burt -- Delayed dispersal / Jan Ekman [and others] -- Fitness consequences of helping / Janis L. Dickinson, Ben J. Hatchwell -- Parental care, load-lightening and costs / Robert G. Heinsohn -- Mating systems and sexual conflict / Andrew Cockburn -- Sex-ratio manipulation / Jan Komdeur -- Physiological ecology / Morne A. Du Plessis -- Endocrinology / Steven J. Schoech [and others] -- Incest and incest avoidance / Walter D. Koenig, Joseph Haydock -- Reproductive skew / Robert D. Magrath [and others] -- Joint laying systems / Sandra L. Vehrencamp, James S. Quinn -- Conservation biology / Jeffrey R. Walters [and others] -- Mammals : comparisons and contrasts / Andrew F. Russell -- Summary / Stephen Pruett-Jones |
| Summary |
Cooperative breeders are species in which more than two individuals participate in raising young at a single nest. Although relatively rare, this behaviour entails dramatic forms of both cooperation and competition. This book will therefore be of particular interest to students and professionals interested in behaviour and ecology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-278) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Birds -- Behavior -- Evolution
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Birds -- Ecology.
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Cooperative breeding in animals.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ornithology.
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NATURE -- Birdwatching Guides.
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NATURE -- Animals -- Birds.
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Birds -- Ecology
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Cooperative breeding in animals
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Vogels.
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Sociaal diergedrag.
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Broeden.
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Evolutie.
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Ecologie.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Koenig, Walter D., 1950-
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Dickinson, Janis L., 1955-
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| LC no. |
2003055589 |
| ISBN |
0511211619 |
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9780511211614 |
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051121698X |
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9780511216985 |
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0511213387 |
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9780511213380 |
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0511215193 |
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9780511215193 |
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9780511606816 |
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0511606818 |
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9786610541065 |
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661054106X |
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