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Zusatztext 'In this well-written monograph, Davies brings together information from a variety of papers written in the past decade ... Davies book is almost perfect as a focus of, say, graduate seminars in behavioral ecology ... One of the strengths of this monograph is that it shows just what can be accomplished in behavioral ecology working with a population of wild, banded birds. For this reason alone, Davies' book should be exceedingly useful for students planning research projects. I highly recommend Nick Davies' book for all students of bird behavior. Certainly, every university library should have this title in their collection, and behavioral ecologists will want their own copoies.'Randall Breitwisch, University of Dayton, The Auk 111(1) 1994 Informationen zum Autor Nick Davies is a Lecturer in Zoology at the University of Cambridge and co-editor with J. R. Krebs of the leading text in this field, Behavioural Ecology: An Evolutionary Approach. Klappentext In this book Nick Davies gives a full account of the mating system and 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. Zusammenfassung Gives an 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. This work provides a visual summary of the birds' behaviour, and is useful for students of ecology, evolution, and animal behaviour. Inhaltsverzeichnis Why Dunnocks?; Study species and study area; Population structure and the variable mating system; Territorial behaviour: competition for habitat and mates; Factors influencing an individual's competitive success; Mate guarding and mating: sexual conflict; Relating behaviour to maternity and paternity; Reproductive output from the different mating systems; Individual reproductive success in the various mating systems; Parental effort by males and females in pairs and trios; How males allocate effort between broods in polygyny and polygynandry; Paternity and parental effort; Parasitism by Cuckoos; Sexual conflict, parental care, and mating systems; References; Author and subject index....
