The Arctic Skua : A Study of the Ecology and Evolution of a Seabird
de O'Donald, Peter
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0521235812
- ISBN 13
- 9780521235815
- Librería
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ELY, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Very Good/Very Good. 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover. Lge 8vo 0521235812 Dust jacket complete in a clear protective sleeve.Black cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership inscription. pp. xvi + 324, numerous b/w illustrations, maps and charts. This book describes the results of a longterm study of the ecology, evolutionary genetics and sociobiology of a seabird, the Arctic Skua. This species is polymorphic: the birds show one of three, genetically different forms of plumage - pale, intermediate and dark. The forms vary in frequency from predominantly pale in the north to dark in the south. The study was undertaken with the aim of explaining how natural and sexual selection act to maintain all three forms of skua in its populations. The results show that natural selection for pale is balanced by sexual selection for intermediate and dark. Models derived from Darwin's theories of female choice and sexual selection in monogamous birds fit the breeding data of the Arctic Skua. Darwin's views on sexual selection are fully confirmed. The study produced original data on breeding ecology, demography, population regulation, sexual behaviour and territoriality. A chapter on feeding ecology is also included in the book, which gives a complete and largely original account of the population ecology and sociobiology of a single species of bird. .
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- Librería
- CHARLES BOSSOM (GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 126695
- Título
- The Arctic Skua : A Study of the Ecology and Evolution of a Seabird
- Autor
- O'Donald, Peter
- Ilustrador
- Robert Gillmor
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hard Cover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good/Very Good
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0521235812
- ISBN 13
- 9780521235815
- Editorial
- Cambridge University Press
- Lugar de publicación
- Cambridge
- Fecha de publicación
- 1983
- Palabras clave
- BIRDS_ARCTIC, REGIONS
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