Cooperative breeders are species in which more than two individuals participate in raising young at a single nest. Although relatively rare, this behavior entails dramatic forms of cooperation and competition, and provides important insights into many areas, including sexual selection, incest avoidance and other subjects. This book will be of interest to students and professionals interested in bird behavior and ecology.
Cooperative breeders are species in which more than two individuals participate in raising young at a single nest. Although relatively rare, this behavior entails dramatic forms of cooperation and competition, and provides important insights into many areas, including sexual selection, incest avoidance and other subjects. This book will be of interest to students and professionals interested in bird behavior and ecology.
Walter Koenig is Research Zoologist at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, and Adjunct Professor at the Department of Integrative Biology. Janis Dickinson is Assistant Research Zoologist at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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Introduction Walter D. Koenig and Janis L. Dickinson 1. Evolutionary origins J. David Ligon and D. Brent Burt 2. Delayed dispersal Jan Ekman, Janis L. Dickinson, Ben J. Hatchwell and Michael Griesser 3. Fitness consequences of helping Janis L. Dickinson and Ben J. Hatchwell 4. Parental care, load-lightening and costs Robert G. Heinsohn 5. Matings systems and sexual conflict Andrew Cockburn 6. Sex-ratio manipulation Jan Komdeur 7. Physiological ecology Morné Du Plessis 8. Endocrinology Steven J. Schoech, S. James Reynolds and Raoul K. Boughton 9. Incest and incest avoidance Walter D. Koenig and Joseph Haydock 10. Reproductive skew Robert D. Magrath, Rufus A. Johnstone and Robert G. Heinsohn 11. Joint-laying systems Sandra L. Vehrencamp and James S. Quinn 12. Conservation biology Jeffrey R. Walters, Caren B. Cooper, Susan J. Daniels, Gilberto Pasinelli and Karen Schiegg 13. Mammalian contrasts and comparisons Andrew F. Russell Summary Steven J. Pruett-Jones Names of bird and mammal species mentioned in the text References Index.
Introduction Walter D. Koenig and Janis L. Dickinson 1. Evolutionary origins J. David Ligon and D. Brent Burt 2. Delayed dispersal Jan Ekman, Janis L. Dickinson, Ben J. Hatchwell and Michael Griesser 3. Fitness consequences of helping Janis L. Dickinson and Ben J. Hatchwell 4. Parental care, load-lightening and costs Robert G. Heinsohn 5. Matings systems and sexual conflict Andrew Cockburn 6. Sex-ratio manipulation Jan Komdeur 7. Physiological ecology Morné Du Plessis 8. Endocrinology Steven J. Schoech, S. James Reynolds and Raoul K. Boughton 9. Incest and incest avoidance Walter D. Koenig and Joseph Haydock 10. Reproductive skew Robert D. Magrath, Rufus A. Johnstone and Robert G. Heinsohn 11. Joint-laying systems Sandra L. Vehrencamp and James S. Quinn 12. Conservation biology Jeffrey R. Walters, Caren B. Cooper, Susan J. Daniels, Gilberto Pasinelli and Karen Schiegg 13. Mammalian contrasts and comparisons Andrew F. Russell Summary Steven J. Pruett-Jones Names of bird and mammal species mentioned in the text References Index.
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