Ecology and evolution of cooperative breeding in birds

Ecology and evolution of cooperative breeding in birds / edited by Walter D. Koenig, Janis L. Dickinson.

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...

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Other Authors: Koenig, Walter D., 1950-, Dickinson, Janis L., 1955-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Birds > Behavior > Evolution.
Birds > Ecology.
Cooperative breeding in animals.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ornithology.
NATURE > Birdwatching Guides.
NATURE > Animals > Birds.
Birds > Ecology
Cooperative breeding in animals
Vogels.
Sociaal diergedrag.
Broeden.
Evolutie.
Ecologie.
Electronic book.
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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.

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