The Ruff
Poyser (Verlag)
978-1-4081-3678-2 (ISBN)
Johan G. Van Rhijn is the author of the Poyser monograph The Ruff.
Preface
1 Introduction
2 The Pugnacious Father
2.1 The lek site
2.2 Territories
2.3 Satellite males
2.4 Marginal males
2.5 Plumage diversity
2.6 Females on leks
2.7 Mating
2.8 Alternative male strategies
3 The Vigilant Mother
3.1 Breeding habitat
3.2 Parental care
3.3. Development of the chicks
4 Indolence or Diligence?
4.1 Distribution
4.2 Diet and foraging
4.3 Moult
4.4 Migration
4.5 Costs and time-schedules
4.6 Do females nest near the leks which they visit?
5 Comparison and Evolution
5.1 Taxonomic relationships
5.2 Courtship and mating pattern
5.3 Variation in size and plumage
5.4 The ancestors and their contrasting social lives
Epilogue
List of bird names mentioned in the text
Selected bibliography
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.10.2010 |
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Reihe/Serie | Poyser Monographs |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 624 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4081-3678-3 / 1408136783 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4081-3678-2 / 9781408136782 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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