The Ostrich Communal Nesting System

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As the study of cooperative breeding systems expands, a number of key species form the examples that underpin our general understanding. The ostrich is increasingly becoming such a textbook species, on the basis of the results obtained in Brian Bertram's study of vigilance and egg discriminatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bertram, Brian C. R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social behavior in animals.
Sexual behavior in animals.
Ostriches > Behavior.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ornithology.
NATURE > Birdwatching Guides.
NATURE > Animals > Birds.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Comportement social chez les animaux.
Autruche > Nids.
Comportement sexuel chez les animaux.
Autruche > Moeurs et comportement.
Ostriches > Nests.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:As the study of cooperative breeding systems expands, a number of key species form the examples that underpin our general understanding. The ostrich is increasingly becoming such a textbook species, on the basis of the results obtained in Brian Bertram's study of vigilance and egg discrimination in this extraordinary bird. Here Bertram presents new data on the ostrich communal nesting system, in which several females lay in one female's nest, with only one female and the male doing all the work. The Ostrich Communal Nesting System unravels the basis of the cooperation observed, and explains.
Physical Description:1 online resource (212 pages).
ISBN:9781400863143

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