عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
QL696.C488 O36 1983eb
QL696
.
C488
O36
1983eb
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0511735774
(Number (ISBN
9780511735776
Erroneous ISBN
0521235812
Erroneous ISBN
9780521113342
Erroneous ISBN
9780521235815
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b720820
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
The Arctic skua :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
a study of the ecology and evolution of a seabird /
First Statement of Responsibility
Peter O'Donald ; illustrated by Robert Gillmor.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1983.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xvi, 324 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
This book describes the results of a long-term study of the ecology, evolutionary genetics and sociobiology of a seabird, the Arctic Skua. This species is polymorphic: the birds show one of three, genetically different forms of plumage - pale, intermediate and dark. The forms vary in frequency from predominantly pale in the north to dark in the south. The study was undertaken with the aim of explaining how natural and sexual selection act to maintain all three forms of skua in its populations. The results show that natural selection for pale is balanced by sexual selection for intermediate and dark. Models derived from Darwin's theories of female choice and sexual selection in monogamous birds fit the breeding data of the Arctic Skua. Darwibn's views on sexual selection are fully confirmed. The study produced original data on breeding ecology, demography, population regulation, sexual behaviour and territoriality. A chapter on feeding ecology is also included in the book, which gives a complete and largely original account of the population ecology and sociobiology of a single species of bird.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Arctic skua.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Parasitic jaeger-- Ecology.
Parasitic jaeger-- Evolution.
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
598/
.
338
Edition
19
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QL696
.
C488
Book number
O36
1983eb
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
O'Donald, Peter.
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Gillmor, Robert.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201208123047.0
Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))
pn
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
