Coloniality in the Cliff Swallow

Coloniality in the Cliff Swallow
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 592
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ISBN-10 : 0226076253
ISBN-13 : 9780226076256
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Book Synopsis Coloniality in the Cliff Swallow by : Charles R. Brown

Download or read book Coloniality in the Cliff Swallow written by Charles R. Brown and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1996-07 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many animal species live and breed in colonies. Although biologists have documented numerous costs and benefits of group living, such as increased competition for limited resources and more pairs of eyes to watch for predators, they often still do not agree on why coloniality evolved in the first place. Drawing on their twelve-year study of a population of cliff swallows in Nebraska, the Browns investigate twenty-six social and ecological costs and benefits of coloniality, many never before addressed in a systematic way for any species. They explore how these costs and benefits are reflected in reproductive success and survivorship, and speculate on the evolution of cliff swallow coloniality. This work, the most comprehensive and detailed study of vertebrate coloniality to date, will be of interest to all who study social animals, including behavioral ecologists, population biologists, ornithologists, and parasitologists. Its focus on the evolution of coloniality will also appeal to evolutionary biologists and to psychologists studying decision making in animals.


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