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The Social Life of Greylag Geese : Patterns, Mechanisms and Evolutionary Function in an Avian Model System /
A synthesis of more than 20 years of behavioural research on an established society of nearly 1000 free-living greylag geese.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; The Social Life of Greylag Geese; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I Research background; 1 Greylag geese: from general principles to the Konrad Lorenz flock; 1.1 Taxonomy; 1.2 Human-goose relationships; 1.3 Distribution; 1.4 Geese: general biology overview; 1.5 Greylag geese; 1.6 The greylag goose flock at the Konrad Lorenz Research Station (KLF) in Grünau, Upper Austria; 1.6.1 The Valley of the Geese; 1.6.2 The hand-raising tradition; 1.6.3 A typical goose day and year; 1.6.4 Research at the KLF: routines, assets and constraints; Summary.
- 2 Goose research then and now2.1 Konrad Lorenz and his geese; 2.2 Measuring behaviour then and now; 2.3 A historical study of pair bonding behaviour in greylag geese; 2.3.1 Relationship structure of the Seewiesen flock of greylag geese; 2.3.2 'Successful' and efficient relationships; 2.3.3 Behaviour among pair partners; 2.4 Today's perspective; 2.4.1 Issues a contemporary reviewer might have commented on; Specific remarks; 2.4.2 Paving the way for a new era; Summary; Part II From individual to clan; 3 Individuals matter: personality.
- 3.1 (In)-consistencies in within- and between-individual behavioural variation3.2 Personality as a suite of correlated behaviours; 3.3 Physiological processes underlying variation in personality types; 3.4 Personality and reproductive success: preliminary data; 3.5 Experimental manipulations: enhanced yolk testosterone and its effect on behaviour; Summary; 4 Maintenance of the monogamous pair bond; 4.1 Behavioural synchrony between pair partners; 4.1.1 Within-pair distance; 4.1.2 Leaders and followers.
- 4.2 Androgen co-variation between pair partners: an indicator of mutual socio-sexual attraction?4.3 Social modulation of hormonal co-variation; Summary; 5 Alternative social and reproductive strategies; 5.1 Individual life histories; 5.2 Male-male pairs; 5.3 Polygamous pair bonds; 5.4 Alternative reproductive strategies; 5.4.1 Extrapair fertilisations; 5.4.2 Intraspecific brood parasitism; Summary; 6 Beyond the pair bond: extended family bonds and female-centred clan formation; 6.1 Lineal (parent-offspring) bonds in the KLF greylag geese; 6.1.1 Secondary families; 6.1.2 Tertiary families.
- 6.1.3 Even more prolonged parent-offspring associations?6.2 Collateral (sibling) bonds among adult kin; Summary; Part III Costs and benefits of social life; 7 Causes and consequences of aggressive behaviour and dominance rank; 7.1 Causes of aggressive behaviour and dominance rank in geese; 7.1.1 Long-term data from the KLF greylag goose flock; 7.1.2 Individual careers; 7.1.3 Life history effects on aggression rates and dominance rank; 7.1.4 Environmental variation; 7.1.5 Effects of flock structure; 7.1.6 Parental effects; 7.2 Consequences of aggressive behaviour and dominance rank; Summary.