The shelduck : a study in behavioural ecology /

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Author / Creator:Patterson, I. J. (Ian James), 1939-
Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1982.
Description:x, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/501984
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ISBN:0521246466
Notes:Includes indexes.
Bibliography: p. [256]-267.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The introduction
  • 2. The shelduck
  • 3. Gregariousness: the winter flock
  • 4. Territories
  • 5. Prospecting for next sites
  • 6. Laying and incubation
  • 7. Care of the young
  • 8. Duckling survival
  • 9. Recruitment and the non-territorial flock
  • References
  • Indices