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Evolutionary Ecology

  • Textbook
  • © 1977

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Editors:
  1. Bernard Stonehouse

    1. School of Environmental Science, University of Bradford, UK

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  2. Christopher Perrins

    1. Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology, University of Oxford, UK

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • B. Stonehouse, C. M. Perrins
      Pages 1-2

  4. Feeding adaptations and ecological segregation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. Comparative ecology of seabirds in the Galapagos Archipelago

      • M. P. Harris
      Pages 65-76

    3. Some relationships between food and breeding in the marine Pelecaniformes

      • J. B. Nelson
      Pages 77-87

    4. Coexistence and diversity in Heteromyid rodents

      • M. L. Rosenzweig
      Pages 89-99

    5. Courtship-feeding and clutch size in Common terns Sterna hirundo

      • I. C. T. Nisbet
      Pages 101-109

  5. Breeding adaptations and reproductive rates

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-112
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    2. Timing and success of breeding in tundra-nesting geese

      • I. Newton
      Pages 113-126

    3. The evolutionary significance of co-operative breeding in birds

      • C. H. Fry
      Pages 127-135

    4. Helpers at the nest in some Argentine blackbirds

      • G. H. Orians, C. E. Orians, K. J. Orians
      Pages 137-151

    5. The occurrence of time-saving mechanisms in the breeding biology of the Great tit, Parus major

      • H. N. Kluyver, J. H. van Balen, A. J. Cavé
      Pages 153-169

    6. Latitudinal gradients in clutch size: an extension of David Lack’s theory

      • D. F. Owen
      Pages 171-179

    7. The role of predation in the evolution of clutch size

      • C. M. Perrins
      Pages 181-191
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Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Environmental Science, University of Bradford, UK

    Bernard Stonehouse

  • Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology, University of Oxford, UK

    Christopher Perrins

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Evolutionary Ecology

  • Editors: Bernard Stonehouse, Christopher Perrins

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05226-4

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The contributors 1977

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 310

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Ecology

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