The Florida Scrub Jay (MPB-20), Volume 20 : Demography of a Cooperative-Breeding Bird. (MPB-20) / John W. Fitzpatrick, Glen Everett Woolfenden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woolfenden, Glen Everett, Author.

Fitzpatrick, John W., Author.

Series:

Monographs in population biology ; 20.

Monographs in Population Biology ; 112

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birds--Florida.

Birds.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 406 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

CHAPTER ONE. Introduction

CHAPTER TWO. Procedures

CHAPTER THREE. The Scrub Jay In Florida

CHAPTER FOUR. The Pair Bond

CHAPTER FIVE. Helpers

CHAPTER SIX. Territory

CHAPTER SEVEN. Dispersal

CHAPTER EIGHT. Reproduction

CHAPTER NINE. Survivorship and the Life Table

CHAPTER TEN. Evolution of Florida Scrub Jay Sociality

Epilogue

Appendixes

References

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780691209982

0691209987

OCLC:

1153531606