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Blue-footed boobies : sibling conflict and sexual infidelity on a tropical island / Hugh Drummond ; illustrated by Jaime Zaldivar-Rae.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Drummond, Hugh, 1947- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blue-footed booby--Behavior--Mexico.
- Blue-footed booby.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- Hugh Drummond presents a lifetime field study of one of the planet's most charismatic and observable birds, focused on two themes of human relevance: aggressive competition between siblings and monogamous pair-bonding combined with frequent infidelity. In an account peppered with research anecdotes, he immerses readers in a bustling blue-footed booby colony where social manipulation and life-and-death dramas are the stuff of family life.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Blue-Footed Boobies
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Two Approaches to Controlling and Killing Siblings
- 2. Beating Siblings into Submission
- 3. From Wild Violence to Courtly Rituals
- 4. To Kill or Not to Kill
- 5. Are Parents Okay with Sibling Bullying?
- 6. Bullying and Lifelong Scars
- 7. Happy Marriages with Blue Feet
- 8. Cheating, Infanticide, and Egg-Dumping
- 9. Are Humans Similar?
- Notes
- Glossary
- References
- List of Common and Systematic Names
- Index.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2023.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 30, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-762986-5
- 0-19-762987-3
- 0-19-762985-7
- OCLC:
- 1395180500
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