Tim Clutton-Brock / Josephine Pemberton (eds.)

Soay Sheep

Herausgeber: Clutton-Brock, T. H

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Unlike most other large mammals, the Soay sheep population of Hirta in the St. Kilda archipelago show persistent oscillations, sometimes increasing or declining by more than 60% in a year. This study explores the causes of these oscillations and their consequences for selection on genetic and phenotypic variation within the population, drawing on studies over the past twenty years of the life-histories and reproductive careers of many sheep. It will be essential reading for vertebrate ecologists, demographers, evolutionary biologists and behavioral ecologists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 739g
• ISBN-13: 9780521823005
• ISBN-10: 0521823005
• Artikelnr.: 22301965

Inhaltsangabe

1. Individuals and populations T. H. Clutton-Brock and J. M. Pemberton; 2. The sheep of St Kilda T. H. Clutton-Brock
J. M. Pemberton
T. N. Coulson
I.R. Stevenson and A. D. C. MacColl; 3. Population dynamics in Soay sheep T. H. Clutton-Brock
T. N. Coulson
A. D. C. MacColl
A. Illius; M. Forchhammer. K. Wilson
J. Lindström
M. J. Crawley and S. D. Albon; 4. Vegetation and sheep population dynamics M. J. Crawley
S. D. Albon
D. R. Bazely
J. Milner
J. G. Pilkington and A. L. Tuke; 5. Parasites and their impact K. Wilson
B. T. Grenfell
J. G. Pilkington
H. E. G. Boyd and F. M. D. Gulland; 6. Mating patterns and male breeding success J. M. Pemberton
D. W. Coltman
J. A. Smith and D. A. Bancroft; 7. Selection on phenotype J. M. Milner
S. D. Albon
L. E. B. Kruuk and J. M. Pemberton; 8. Molecular genetic variation and selection on genotype J. M. Pemberton
D. W. Coltman
D. R. Bancroft
J. A. Smith and S. Paterson; 9. Adaptive reproductive strategies I. R. Stevenson
P. Marrow
B. T. Preston
J. M. Pemberton and K. Wilson; 10. The causes and consequences of instability T. H. Clutton-Brock; Appendix 1. The flora of St Kilda M. J. Crawley ; Appendix 2. Inheritance of coat colour and horn type in Hirta Soay sheep D. W. Coltman and J. M. Pemberton; References.