The Study of Career Decisions. Oystercatchers as Social Prisoners.

Advances in the Study of Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 343-420

  Ens, Bruno J ^a   van de Pol, Martijn ^b,c   Goss Custard, John D ^d  

^a SOVON DUTCH CENTRE FOR FIELD ORNITHOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career strategy; Competition; Despotic distribution; Divorce; Life history theory; Mate choice; Social career; Social position; Social queuing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900817440     PISSN: 00653454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800286-5.00008-0     Document Type: Chapter

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