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Dunnock Behaviour and Social Evolution by N. B. Davies (Paperback, 1992)

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At first sight just a small brown bird, the dunnock's unobtrusive appearance belies its extraordinary behaviour and mating patterns. In this book Nick Davies 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 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 birds' behaviour. All students of ecology, evolution, and animal behaviour 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.This is the third volume in the Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution, and the first in this series to tackly behavioural ecology. Nick Davies is a Lecturer in Zoology at the University of Cambridge and co-editor with J. R. Krebs of the leading text in the field, Behavioural ecology: an evolutionary approach.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN-13
9780198546757
eBay Product ID (ePID)
88405361

Product Key Features

Author
N. B. Davies
Publication Name
Dunnock Behaviour and Social Evolution
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Zoology
Publication Year
1992
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
286 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
235mm
Item Width
153mm
Item Weight
427g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
N. B. Davies
Series Title
Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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