Partnerships in birds : the study of monogamy
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Partnerships in birds : the study of monogamy
（Oxford ornithology series, 6）
Oxford University Press, 1996
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Description
Some birds mate for life, while others have many partners. In this book, fourteen studies are brought together to compare different partnership patterns from ecological and evolutionary perspectives. The subjects have been chosen to include the same species living in different habitats (Sparrowhawks) and at different population densities (Great Tits). There are comparisons between closely related species (Mute Swans and Bewick's Swans). The studies span the globe and the behavioural gradient, from Iceland's strictly monogamous Whooper Swans to Australia's sexually promiscuous Splendid Fairy-wrens. In all cases, sexual and social relationships strongly influence a bird's survival and breeding success. This book is intended for students and researchers in behavioural ecology, evolutionary ecology, and animal behaviour. Professional ornithologists.
Table of Contents
- Initial Perspectives
- introduction - pair bonds and partnerships
- the battle of the sexes and the origins of monogamy
- the model family
- continuous partnerships
- long-term monogamy in a river specialist - the blue duck
- do barnacle geese benefit from life-long monogamy?
- mate fidelity in swans
- breeding partnership in two new world jays
- partnerships in promiscuous splendid fairy-wrens
- part-time partnerships
- divorce in the European blackbird
- mate fidelity and divorce in ptarmigan
- Causes and consequences of long-term partnerships in Cassin's auklets
- monogamy in a long-lived seabird: the short-tailed shearwaters
- between and within-population variation in mate fidelity in the great tit
- monogamy in the sparrowhawk
- mate fidelity in penguins
- causes and consequences of mate fidelity in red-billed gulls
- dispersal, demography, and the persistence of partnerships in indigo buntings
- concluding Perspectives
- monogamy and sperm competition in birds
- mate fidelity and divorce in monogamous birds.
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