Red-winged Blackbirds : Decision-making and Reproductive Success
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Drawing on detailed data from their sixteen-year study of red-winged blackbirds in the marshes of Washington's Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Beletsky and Orians analyze the information redwings use to make breeding-season decisions and the consequences these decisions have for lifetime reproductive success. Because 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--the authors have taken the novel approach of studying the sexes separately.
Using analyses of observational data combined with field experiments and game-theoretical models, the authors provide new insights into the complex patterns of reproductive decision-making and breeding behavior in redwings. This book will be of interest to all who study social animals, including behavioral ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and ornithologists.
Red-winged Blackbirds: Decision-making and Reproductive Success,Les D. Beletsky,Gordon H. Orians,University Of Chicago Press,0226041875,Behavior,Birds & Birdwatching - General,Nature,Nature/Ecology,Red-winged blackbird,Reproduction,Science/Mathematics,Nature / Birds & Birdwatching
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