The Social Life of Greylag Geese

Patterns, Mechanisms and Evolutionary Function in an Avian Model System
Herausgeber: Scheiber, Isabella B R; Kotrschal, Kurt; Hemetsberger, Josef; Weiß, Brigitte M

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A synthesis of more than twenty years of behavioural research on an established society of nearly 1000 free-living greylag geese.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 249
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 536g
• ISBN-13: 9780521822701
• ISBN-10: 052182270X
• Artikelnr.: 37800054

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Preface Kurt Kotrschal; Acknowledgements; Part I.
Research Background: 1. Greylag geese: from general principles to the
Konrad Lorenz flock Josef Hemetsberger, Brigitte M. Weiß and Isabella B. R.
Scheiber; 2. Goose research then and now Katharina Hirschenhauser, Heidi
Buhrow, Helga Fischer and Kurt Kotrschal; Part II. From Individual to Clan:
3. Individuals matter: personality Simona Kralj-Fier, Jonathan Niall
Daisley and Kurt Kotrschal; 4. Maintenance of the monogamous pair bond
Iulia T. Nedelcu and Katharina Hirschenhauser; 5. Alternative social and
reproductive strategies Brigitte M. Weiß; 6. Beyond the pair bond: extended
family bonds and female-centred clan formation Isabella B. R. Scheiber and
Brigitte M. Weiß; Part III. Costs and Benefits of Social Life: 7. Causes
and consequences of aggressive behaviour and dominance rank Brigitte M.
Weiß; 8. The costs of sociality measured through heart rate modulation
Claudia A. F. Wascher and Kurt Kotrschal; 9. 'Tend and befriend': the
importance of social allies in coping with social stress Isabella B. R.
Scheiber; 10. How to tell friend from foe: cognition in a complex society
Brigitte M. Weiß, Christian Schloegl and Isabella B. R. Scheiber; Part IV.
Lessons for Vertebrate Social Life: 11. The greylag goose as a model for
vertebrate social complexity Isabella B. R. Scheiber, Kurt Kotrschal and
Brigitte M. Weiß; Index.