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Ecological Aspects of Social Evolution
Birds and Mammals
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Volume 460 in the series
Princeton Legacy Library
- Language: English
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Copyright year: 1987
- Edition: Course Book
- Audience: Professional and scholarly;College/higher education;
- Pages
- Main content: 564
- Keywords: Female; Behavioral ecology; Social evolution; Ecology; Inbreeding; Evolutionary ecology; Predation; Reproductive value (population genetics); Biomass (ecology); Mating; Sociobiology; Evolutionary biology; Sexual selection; Natural selection; Territory (animal); Cooperative breeding; Polymorphism (biology); Reproductive suppression; Sociality; Human mating strategies; Operational sex ratio; Parental investment; Behavioural sciences; Ethology; Paternal care; Alpha (ethology); Seasonal breeder; Foraging; Mate choice; Kin selection; Phylogenetics; Social status; Ecotone; Dominance hierarchy; Evolution; Herd behavior; Social behavior; Demographic transition; Adaptive radiation; Ornithology; Bird nest; Reproductive success; Hunter-gatherer; Philopatry; Brood parasite; Mating system; Polygyny threshold model; Oviparity; Cooperative hunting; Insectivore; Lek mating; Sexual dimorphism; Anti-predator adaptation; Chimpanzee; Renewable resource; Secondary forest; Mutualism (biology); Social animal; Sex ratio; Phenotypic trait; Reproduction; Bonobo; Equal opportunity; Bobolink; Intromittent organ; Intraspecific competition; Condition index; Golden jackal; Klipspringer; Tropical rainforest; Parasitism; Macrotermes; Monocotyledon; New World oriole; Spatial organization; Pair bond; Infanticide (zoology); Nesting season; Egg as food; Megapode; Cohabitation; Estrous cycle; Hatchery; Environmental selection; Bird; Rhesus macaque; Polyandry; Alternative model; Odontotermes; Grebe; Babysitting; Frequency-dependent selection; Sperm competition; Social class; Population size; Gelada; Seasonal food; Animal husbandry; Spatial heterogeneity; Monogamy
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- Published: July 14, 2014
- ISBN: 9781400858149
