Red-winged Blackbirds: Decision-making and Reproductive Success - Softcover

Beletsky, Les D.; Orians, Gordon H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226041875 ISBN 13: 9780226041872

Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 1997

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Book by Beletsky Les D Orians Gordon H

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Drawing on detailed data from their 16-year study of red-winged blackbirds in the marshes of Washington's Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Les Beletsky and Gordon Orians analyze the information redwings use to make breeding-season decisions and the consequences these decisions have for lifetime reproductive success. Male and female redwings make different, and often independent, decisions - males focus on territory acquisition and maintenance, while females must choose when and where to nest and how much energy to invest in reproduction. Accordingly the authors have taken the approach within this text of studying the two sexes seperately. Using analyses of observational data combined with field experiments and game-theoretical models, the authors provide insights into the complex patterns of reproductive decision-making and breeding behaviour in redwings.

Biografía del autor

Gordon H. Orians lives in Seattle, where he is professor emeritus of biology at the University of Washington. He is the author or editor of several books, including, most recently, "Red-Winged Blackbirds: Decision-making and Reproductive Success "and" Life: The Science of Biology".

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• Verlag: University of Chicago Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0226041875
• ISBN 13: 9780226041872
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 316