Evolutionary Ecology

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-2
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
Society versus the individual in animal evolution....Pages 5-17
Population limitation and the adaptive value of territorial behaviour in Scottish Red grouse, Lagopus l. scoticus....Pages 19-26
Natural selection and the regulation of density in cyclic and non-cyclic populations....Pages 27-32
Factors affecting population density in the wild rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (L.), and their relevance to small mammals....Pages 33-46
Song and territory in the Great tit Parus major....Pages 47-62
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Comparative ecology of seabirds in the Galapagos Archipelago....Pages 65-76
Some relationships between food and breeding in the marine Pelecaniformes....Pages 77-87
Coexistence and diversity in Heteromyid rodents....Pages 89-99
Courtship-feeding and clutch size in Common terns Sterna hirundo....Pages 101-109
Front Matter....Pages 111-112
Timing and success of breeding in tundra-nesting geese....Pages 113-126
The evolutionary significance of co-operative breeding in birds....Pages 127-135
Helpers at the nest in some Argentine blackbirds....Pages 137-151
The occurrence of time-saving mechanisms in the breeding biology of the Great tit, Parus major....Pages 153-169
Latitudinal gradients in clutch size: an extension of David Lack’s theory....Pages 171-179
The role of predation in the evolution of clutch size....Pages 181-191
A note on the evolution of clutch size in altricial birds....Pages 193-214
Clutch size in the Compositae....Pages 215-222
Front Matter....Pages 223-223
Echolocation and the systematics of swiftlets....Pages 225-238
Duetting and other synchronised displays of the blue-backed manakins, Chiroxiphia Spp....Pages 239-251
Front Matter....Pages 223-223
Reliability in communication systems and the evolution of altruism....Pages 253-259
The adaptive significance of variations in reproductive habit in the Agavaceae....Pages 261-276
Back Matter....Pages 277-310