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Cooperative Breeding in Mammals
Hardback
Main Details
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Cooperative Breeding in Mammals
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Nancy G. Solomon
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Edited by Jeffrey A. French
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:408 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 236,Width 158 |
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| Category/Genre | Animal behaviour
Mammals |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521454919
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| Classifications | Dewey:599.056 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
29 Tables, unspecified; 1 Halftones, unspecified; 53 Line drawings, unspecified
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
13 March 1997 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Cooperative breeding refers to a social system in which individuals other than the parents provide care for the offspring. Since individuals delay breeding and invest in the offspring of others, cooperative breeding poses a challenge to a Darwinian explanation of the evolution of social behavior. The contributors to this book explore the evolutionary, ecological, behavioral, and physiological basis of cooperative breeding in mammals. The book contains a collection of chapters by the leading researchers in the field, and it is the first book dedicated exclusively to the study of mammalian cooperative breeding.
Reviews"This volume is the first on cooperative breeding in mammals, and it will consequently serve as a landmark in the field." Jerram L. Brown, The Quarterly Review of Biology "...an important reference for behavioral ecologists, ethologists, physiologists, and mamalogists. It should be read by ornithologists who wish to avoid 'taxonomic tunnel vision'" Jerram L. Brown, The Quarterly Review of Biology
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