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Dunnock Behaviour and Social Evolution Paperback - 1992 - 1st Edition

by N. B. Davies; David Quinn (Illustrator)


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At first sight just a small brown bird, the dunnock's unobtrusive appearance belies its extraordinary behavior and mating patterns. This book gives a full account of the mating systems of the dunnock or hedge sparrow, Prunella modularis, which include pairs, a male with two females, two males with one female, and several males with several females. Detailed observations, elegant field experiments, and DNA fingerprinting are combined to show how this variable social organization arises from selfish individuals competing to maximize their own reproductive success. Further experiments reveal how the cuckoo may thwart the dunnock's parental efforts. David Quinn's exquisite drawings provide a visual summary of the bird's behavior. All students of ecology, evolution, and animal behavior will want to be familiar with this work, which addresses the wider issues of the influence of ecology on mating systems and the evolutionary significance of conflict within and between species. This
is the third volume in the Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution, and the first in this series to address behavioral ecology.

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In this book Nick Davies gives a full account of the mating system and the dunnock or hedge sparrow, Prunella modularis, which include pairs, a male with two females, two males with one female, and several males with several females.

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  • Title Dunnock Behaviour and Social Evolution
  • Author N. B. Davies; David Quinn (Illustrator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher OUP Oxford, NY
  • Date 1992-09-24
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780198546757 / 0198546750
  • Weight 1.21 lbs (0.55 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.22 x 6.17 x 0.73 in (23.42 x 15.67 x 1.85 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Sexual behavior in animals, Dunnock - Behavior
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 92-4302
  • Dewey Decimal Code 598.873

About the author


Nick Davies is a Lecturer in Zoology at the University of Cambridge and co-editor with J. R. Krebs of the leading text in this field, Behavioural Ecology: An Evolutionary Approach.
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