Ecology and evolution of cooperative breeding in birds /
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 int...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of 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.