The Ostrich Communal Nesting System / / Brian C.R. Bertram.
As the study of cooperative breeding systems expands, a number of key species form the examples that underpin our general understanding. The ostrich is increasingly becoming such a textbook species, on the basis of the results obtained in Brian Bertram's study of vigilance and egg discriminatio...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1992 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Monographs in Behavior and Ecology ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (206 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. The Ostrich
- 2. Methods
- 3. The Population
- 4. The Breeding System
- 5. Ecological Aspects
- 6. Strategies Adopted by Major Females
- 7. Major and Minor Female Strategies
- 8. Male Strategies
- 9. Discussion: The Evolution and Maintenance of the Communal Nesting System
- References
- Subject Index