Helping Communal Breeding in Birds: Ecology and Evolution

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Helping Communal Breeding in Birds: Ecology and Evolution
Authors and Contributors      By (author) J. L. Brown
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:374
Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 178
Category/GenreBirds
ISBN/Barcode 9780691609645
ClassificationsDewey:598.156
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 14 July 2014
Publication Country United States

Description

An overview of the extensive and frequently controversial literature on communally breeding birds developed since the early 1960s, when students of evolution began to examine sociality as a product of natural selection. Jerram Brown provides original data from his own theoretical and empirical studies and summarizes the wide array of results and in