Population Ecology of the Cooperatively Breeding Acorn Woodpecker. (MPB-24), Volume 24 / / Ronald L. Mumme, Walter D. Koenig.
Ever since the acorn woodpecker was observed and described by Spanish explorers, its behavior--particularly the unique habit of caching acorns in specialized storage trees or granaries--has impressed observers. Acorn woodpeckers are also one of the few temperate zone species in which young are reare...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020] ©1988 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Monographs in Population Biology ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Procedures and Methods
- 3. Overview of the Population
- 4. Ecological Consequences of Acorn Storage
- 5. Reproductive Success, I: General Patterns
- 6. Reproductive Success, II: Group Composition
- 7. Survivorship of Breeders
- 8. Sex Ratio, Survivorship, and Dispersal of Young
- 9. Consequences of Territorial Inheritance
- 10. The Life Table and Lifetime Reproductive Success
- 11. Population Regulation
- 12. Living in Groups: Retention of Offspring
- 13. Sharing Nests and Mates: Costs and Benefits
- 14. Acorn Woodpecker Sociality: Conclusions and Unanswered Questions
- Appendix A. Relatedness between Siblings and between Parents and Offspring
- Appendix B. Estimation of Long-Distance Dispersal
- Appendix C. Scientific Names of Birds
- Literature Cited
- Author Index
- Subject Index