Coloniality in the Cliff Swallow: The Effect of Group Size on Social Behavior
Author:   Charles R. Brown ,  Mary Bomberger Brown
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
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9780226076256


Pages:   580
Publication Date:   01 July 1996
Format:   Hardback
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Coloniality in the Cliff Swallow: The Effect of Group Size on Social Behavior


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Many animal species live and breed in colonies. Although biologists have documented numerous costs and benefits of group living, such as increased competition for limited resources and more pairs of eyes to watch for predators, they often still do not agree on why coloniality evolved in the first place. Drawing on their twelve-year study of a population of cliff swallows in Nebraska, the Browns investigate twenty-six social and ecological costs and benefits of coloniality, many never before addressed in a systematic way for any species. They explore how these costs and benefits are reflected in reproductive success and survivorship, and speculate on the evolution of cliff swallow coloniality. This work, the most comprehensive and detailed study of vertebrate coloniality to date, will be of interest to all who study social animals, including behavioral ecologists, population biologists, ornithologists, and parasitologists. Its focus on the evolution of coloniality will also appeal to evolutionary biologists and to psychologists studying decision making in animals.

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Author:   Charles R. Brown ,  Mary Bomberger Brown
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
Imprint:   University of Chicago Press
Dimensions:   Width: 1.50cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 2.20cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9780226076256


ISBN 10:   0226076253
Pages:   580
Publication Date:   01 July 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface 1: Introduction 2: Field Methods and Data Analysis 3: Study Site and Study Population 4: Ectoparasitism 5: Competition for Nest Sites 6: Misdirected Parental Care: Extrapair Copulation, Brood Paratisism, and Mixing of Offspring 7: Shortage of Suitable Nesting Sites 8: Avoidance of Predators 9: Social Foraging 1: Natural History, Food Distribution, and Mechanisms of Information Transfer 10: Social Foraging 2: Effects of Colony Size 11: Reproductive Success 12: Survivorship 13: Colony Choice 14: The Evolution of Coloniality Appendix References Index

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