Dunnock Behaviour and Social Evolution

by Andrew Davies, Nicholas B. Davies, N. B. Davies

At first sight just a small brown bird, the dunnock's unobtrusive appearance belies its extraordinary behavior and mating patterns. This book gives a full account of the mating systems of the dunnock or hedge sparrow, Prunella modularis, which include pairs, a male with two females, two males with one female, and several males with several females. Detailed observations, elegant field experiments, and DNA fingerprinting are combined to show how this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198546750
• ISBN13: 9780198546757
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"