The Florida Scrub Jay (MPB-20), Volume 20: Demography of a Cooperative-Breeding Bird. (MPB-20)

Glen Everett Woolfenden; John W. Fitzpatrick

Published by Princeton University Press 1985

The Florida Scrub Jay (MPB-20), Volume 20

Demography of a Cooperative-Breeding Bird. (MPB-20)

Glen Everett Woolfenden and John W. Fitzpatrick

Volume 20 in the series Monographs in Population Biology

https://doi.org/10.12987/9780691209982

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About this book

Florida Scrub Jays are an excellent example of a cooperative-breeding species, in which adult birds often help raise offspring not their own. For more than a decade Glen E. Woolfenden and John W. Fitzpatrick studied a marked population of these birds in an attempt to establish a demographic base for understanding the phenomenon of "helping at the nest." By studying both population biology and behavior, the authors found that habitat restraints, rather than kin selection, are the main source of the behavior of Florida Scrub Jays: the goal of increasing the number of close relatives other than descendants in future generations is of relatively minor importance in their cooperative-breeding behavior.

The Florida Scrub Jay lives only in the Florida oak scrub. All acceptable habitat is constantly filled with breeders. Each year about half of the pairs are assisted by one to several nonbreeding helpers. This book provides extensive data on fecundity, survivorship, relatedness, and dispersal to establish the demographic milieu and to address questions arising out of observed helping behavior--whom, how, when, and why the helpers help.

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Glen E. Woolfenden (1930-2007) was taught zoology at the University of South Florida, Tampa from 1961 to 1999. John W. Fitzpatrick is director of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.

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"[W]e have here a major contribution to populational and behavioral ecology, important for all students of the evolution of social behavior in vertebrates, whatever its form."---Frank A. Pitelka, Ecology

"This is an important contribution to population biology. It will be of interest not only to workers in the field, but also as a readable introduction to one of the central topics in ornithology today. For the general naturalist . . . it's a well-written, thoughtful account of a fascinating subject."---Clive E. Goodwin, Canadian Field Naturalist

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
CHAPTER ONE. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
CHAPTER TWO. Procedures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
CHAPTER THREE. The Scrub Jay In Florida Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
CHAPTER FOUR. The Pair Bond Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
CHAPTER FIVE. Helpers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
CHAPTER SIX. Territory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
CHAPTER SEVEN. Dispersal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
CHAPTER EIGHT. Reproduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
CHAPTER NINE. Survivorship and the Life Table Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
CHAPTER TEN. Evolution of Florida Scrub Jay Sociality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351
Appendixes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	379
Author Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	397
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Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 426
Keywords: Adoption; Archbold Biological Station; Babbler; Arabian; Copulation; Ceryle rudis; Chordeiles minor; Dendroica palmarum; Divorce; Fire ecology; Habitat; description; Hymenoptera; social; Inclusive fitness; Jay; Blue; Jay; western Scrub; Kookaburra; Molt; Monogamy; Native Hen; Tasmanian; Otus asio; Peromyscus polionotus; Pukeko; Senescence; Survivorship curve; Territorial budding; Vireo griseus; Woodhoopoe; Green; Yellowthroat; Common

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Published: March 31, 2020
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