Florida Scrub Jays are an excellent example of a cooperative-breeding species, in which adult birds often help raise offspring not their own. For more than a decade Glen E. Woolfenden and John W. Fitzpatrick studied a marked population of these birds in an attempt to establish a demographic base for understanding the phenomenon of "helping at the nest." By studying both population biology and behavior, the authors found that habitat restraints, rather than kin selection, are the main source of the behavior of Florida Scrub ...
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Florida Scrub Jays are an excellent example of a cooperative-breeding species, in which adult birds often help raise offspring not their own. For more than a decade Glen E. Woolfenden and John W. Fitzpatrick studied a marked population of these birds in an attempt to establish a demographic base for understanding the phenomenon of "helping at the nest." By studying both population biology and behavior, the authors found that habitat restraints, rather than kin selection, are the main source of the behavior of Florida Scrub Jays: the goal of increasing the number of close relatives other than descendants in future generations is of relatively minor importance in their cooperative-breeding behavior. The Florida Scrub Jay lives only in the Florida oak scrub. All acceptable habitat is constantly filled with breeders. Each year about half of the pairs are assisted by one to several nonbreeding helpers. This book provides extensive data on fecundity, survivorship, relatedness, and dispersal to establish the demographic milieu and to address questions arising out of observed helping behavior--whom, how, when, and why the helpers help.
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Add this copy of The Florida Scrub Jay (Mpb-20), Volume 20: Demography to cart. $37.00, very good condition, Sold by Xander Meadow Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tucson, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Princeton University Press.
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Very good in good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 426 p. Contains: Illustrations. Monographs in Population Biology, 20. Audience: General/trade. Book is listed as Very Good because of light pencil markings, many of which were erased, but the book is otherwise tight and barely read. Dust jacket has a bent tear rear upper and is protected by Brodart sleeve. Publication date on title page indicating first printing.
Add this copy of The Florida Scrub Jay (Mpb-20), Volume 20: Demography to cart. $97.57, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 1985 by Princeton University Press.
