LEADER 04094nam 22007212 450 001 9910784407303321 005 20151005020621.0 010 $a1-107-14597-X 010 $a1-280-54106-7 010 $a9786610541065 010 $a0-511-21519-3 010 $a0-511-21698-X 010 $a0-511-21161-9 010 $a0-511-31564-3 010 $a0-511-60681-8 010 $a0-511-21338-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000353554 035 $a(EBL)266552 035 $a(OCoLC)171139093 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000142982 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11148439 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000142982 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10109524 035 $a(PQKB)10734892 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511606816 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL266552 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10131633 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL54106 035 $a(OCoLC)144618428 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC266552 035 $a(PPN)26131940X 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000353554 100 $a20090910d2004|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aEcology and evolution of cooperative breeding in birds /$fedited by Walter D. Koenig Janis L. Dickinson$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 293 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-53099-7 311 $a0-521-82271-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 242-278) and indexes. 327 $aEvolutionary origins / J. David Ligon, D. Brent Burt -- Delayed dispersal / Jan Ekman [and others] -- Fitness consequences of helping / Janis L. Dickinson, Ben J. Hatchwell -- Parental care, load-lightening and costs / Robert G. Heinsohn -- Mating systems and sexual conflict / Andrew Cockburn -- Sex-ratio manipulation / Jan Komdeur -- Physiological ecology / Morne A. Du Plessis -- Endocrinology / Steven J. Schoech [and others] -- Incest and incest avoidance / Walter D. Koenig, Joseph Haydock -- Reproductive skew / Robert D. Magrath [and others] -- Joint laying systems / Sandra L. Vehrencamp, James S. Quinn -- Conservation biology / Jeffrey R. Walters [and others] -- Mammals : comparisons and contrasts / Andrew F. Russell -- Summary / Stephen Pruett-Jones. 330 $aCooperative breeders are species in which more than a pair of individuals assist in the production of young. Cooperative breeding is found in only a few hundred bird species world-wide, and understanding this often strikingly altruistic behaviour has remained an important challenge in behavioural ecology for over 30 years. This book highlights the theoretical, empirical and technical advances that have taken place in the field of cooperative breeding research since the publication of the seminal work Cooperative Breeding in Birds: Long-term Studies of Behavior and Ecology (1990, HB ISBN 0521 372984, PB ISBN 0521 378907). Organized conceptually, special attention is given to ways in which cooperative breeders have proved fertile subjects for testing modern advances to classic evolutionary problems including those of sexual selection, sex-ratio manipulation, life-history evolution, partitioning of reproduction and incest avoidance. It will be of interest to both students and researchers interested in behaviour and ecology. 517 3 $aEcology & Evolution of Cooperative Breeding in Birds 606 $aBirds$xBehavior$xEvolution 606 $aBirds$xEcology 606 $aCooperative breeding in animals 615 0$aBirds$xBehavior$xEvolution. 615 0$aBirds$xEcology. 615 0$aCooperative breeding in animals. 676 $a598.156 702 $aKoenig$b Walter D.$f1950- 702 $aDickinson$b Janis L.$f1955- 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784407303321 996 $aEcology and evolution of cooperative breeding in birds$93691862 997 $aUNINA