Shelduck - A Study in Behavioural Ecology

Klappentext Taking the shelduck as its principal example! the book considers how an animal's behaviour helps it to survive and reproduce in a hostile environment. Zusammenfassung This book augments discussions of behavioural ecology with a comprehensive study of a single species! using it to illustrate and discuss many theoretical issues. Taking the shelduck as its principal example! the book considers how an animal's behaviour helps it to survive and reproduce in a hostile environment. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The introduction; 2. The shelduck; 3. Gregariousness: the winter flock; 4. Territories; 5. Prospecting for next sites; 6. Laying and incubation; 7. Care of the young; 8. Duckling survival; 9. Recruitment and the non-territorial flock; References; Indices.

Product details

• Authors: I. J. Patterson, I.j. Patterson
• Assisted by: Chris Furse (Illustration), Furse Chris (Illustration)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521113359
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11335-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Zoology & animal sciences, Applied ecology, Zoology and animal sciences