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The Ostrich Communal Nesting System- [electronic resource]
The Ostrich Communal Nesting System- [electronic resource]
- 자료유형
- 단행본
- Control Number
- n884012871
- International Standard Book Number
- 9781400863143 electronic bk.
- International Standard Book Number
- 1400863147 electronic bk.
- Library of Congress Call Number
- QL696.S9
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 598.510456
- Main Entry-Personal Name
- Bertram, Brian C. R.
- Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (206 pages).
- Series Statement
- Monographs in Behavior and Ecology
- Formatted Contents Note
- 완전내용Preface ; 1 The Ostrich ; 2 Methods ; 3 The Population ; 4 The Breeding System ; 5 Ecological Aspects ; 6 Strategies Adopted by Major Females ; 7 Major and Minor Female Strategies ; 8 Male Strategies ; 9 Discussion: The Evolution and Maintenance of the Communal Nesting System; References; Subject Index.
- Summary, Etc.
- 요약As the study of cooperative breeding systems expands, a number of key species form the examples that underpin our general understanding. The ostrich is increasingly becoming such a textbook species, on the basis of the results obtained in Brian Bertram's study of vigilance and egg discrimination in this extraordinary bird. Here Bertram presents new data on the ostrich communal nesting system, in which several females lay in one female's nest, with only one female and the male doing all the work. The Ostrich Communal Nesting System unravels the basis of the cooperation observed, and explains.
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- Sexual behavior in animals
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- Social behavior in animals
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- NATURE / Animals / Birds
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- NATURE / Birdwatching Guides
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ornithology
- Additional Physical Form Entry
- Print versionBertram, Brian C.R. Ostrich Communal Nesting System. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2014
- Series Added Entry-Uniform Title
- Monographs in behavior and ecology.
- Electronic Location and Access
- 로그인을 한후 보실 수 있는 자료입니다.
- Control Number
- joongbu:440429
