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The Social Life of Greylag Geese: Patterns, Mechanisms and Evolutionary Function in an Avian Model System
Isabella Scheiber
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Description for The Social Life of Greylag Geese: Patterns, Mechanisms and Evolutionary Function in an Avian Model System
hardcover. A synthesis of more than twenty years of behavioural research on an established society of nearly 1000 free-living greylag geese. Editor(s): Scheiber, Isabella B. R.; Weiss, Brigitte M.; Hemetsberger, Josef; Kotrschal, Kurt. Num Pages: 249 pages, 54 b/w illus. 8 colour illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: JMAL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 546.
The flock of greylag geese established by Konrad Lorenz in Austria in 1973 has become an influential model animal system and one of the few worldwide with complete life-history data spanning several decades. Based on the unique records of nearly 1000 free-living greylag geese, this is a synthesis of more than twenty years of behavioural research. It provides a comprehensive overview of a complex bird society, placing it in an evolutionary framework and drawing on a range of approaches, including behavioural (personality, aggression, pair bonding and clan formation), physiological, cognitive and genetic. With contributions from leading researchers, the chapters provide ... Read more
The flock of greylag geese established by Konrad Lorenz in Austria in 1973 has become an influential model animal system and one of the few worldwide with complete life-history data spanning several decades. Based on the unique records of nearly 1000 free-living greylag geese, this is a synthesis of more than twenty years of behavioural research. It provides a comprehensive overview of a complex bird society, placing it in an evolutionary framework and drawing on a range of approaches, including behavioural (personality, aggression, pair bonding and clan formation), physiological, cognitive and genetic. With contributions from leading researchers, the chapters provide ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
Number of Pages
249
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521822701
SKU
V9780521822701
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About Isabella Scheiber
Isabella B. R. Scheiber is a visiting researcher at the Behavioural Ecology and Self-Organization Group of Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands, and an Associate Scientist at Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle, Austria. Brigitte M. Weiß is a visiting researcher at the Institute of Evolution and Ecology, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany and an associate scientist at Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle, Austria. Josef Hemetsberger is a scientist ... Read more
Reviews for The Social Life of Greylag Geese: Patterns, Mechanisms and Evolutionary Function in an Avian Model System
'[This] book provides fascinating insights into the complex social world of greylag geese and will be interesting for anyone with an interest in social organization and sociality.' Ralf H. J. M. Kurvers, The Quarterly Review of Biology