Name: Dunnock Behaviour and Social Evolution (Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution) (en Inglés)
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Author: Davies, N. B. ; Quinn, David
ISBN: 9780198546757

portada Dunnock Behaviour and Social Evolution (Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution) (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

N. B. Davies

Ilustrado por

David Quinn

Editorial

Oxford University Press, USA

Año

1992

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

288

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

23.4 x 15.7 x 1.9 cm

Peso

0.55 kg.

ISBN

0198546750

ISBN13

9780198546757

N° edición

Categorías

Zoología y ciencias animales
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Dunnock Behaviour and Social Evolution (Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution) (en Inglés)

N. B. Davies (Autor) · David Quinn (Ilustrado por) · Oxford University Press, USA · Tapa Blanda

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At first sight just a small brown bird, the dunnock's unobtrusive appearance belies its extraordinary behavior and mating patterns. This book gives a full account of the mating systems of the dunnock or hedge sparrow, Prunella modularis, which include pairs, a male with two females, two males with one female, and several males with several females. Detailed observations, elegant field experiments, and DNA fingerprinting are combined to show how this variable social organization arises from selfish individuals competing to maximize their own reproductive success. Further experiments reveal how the cuckoo may thwart the dunnock's parental efforts. David Quinn's exquisite drawings provide a visual summary of the bird's behavior. All students of ecology, evolution, and animal behavior will want to be familiar with this work, which addresses the wider issues of the influence of ecology on mating systems and the evolutionary significance of conflict within and between species. Thisis the third volume in the Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution, and the first in this series to address behavioral ecology.