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The Shelduck A Study in Behavioural Ecology

By: IJ Patterson
276 pages, Figs, tabs
The Shelduck
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  • The Shelduck ISBN: 9780521113359 Paperback Jun 2009 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 6 days
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  • The Shelduck ISBN: 9780521246460 Hardback Oct 1982 Out of Print #864
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This book augments discussions of behavioural ecology with a comprehensive study of a single species, using it to illustrate and discuss many theoretical issues. Taking the shelduck as its principal example, the book considers how an animal's behaviour helps it to survive and reproduce in a hostile environment. It also discusses the effects of behaviour, particularly social behaviour, in the limitation of animal population size.

The arrangement of the text follows the phases of the shelduck's annual cycle and discusses the different behavioural problems encountered at each stage. In this account a wide variety of topics in behavioural ecology have been brought together and applied to a thorough field study of this highly territorial species. First published in 1982.

Contents

1. The introduction; 2. The shelduck; 3. Gregariousness: the winter flock; 4. Territories; 5. Prospecting for next sites; 6. Laying and incubation; 7. Care of the young; 8. Duckling survival; 9. Recruitment and the non-territorial flock; References; Indices.

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By: IJ Patterson
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