Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

Waterfowl (family Anatidae) provide several exceptions to more typical avian breeding
systems. One exception is their system of parental care, wherein highly precocial young …

For more than twenty years the authors studied the complex breeding and social behavior of
colonies of terns. A significant dynamic of their social behavior is their “mobbing” behavior …

Studies the benefits and costs of group living as illustrated by colonies of the gull-like
seabird on salt marshes and sandy beaches of the east coast of North America. Examines …

When breeding and nesting behavior in birds is considered within the larger framework of
the annual cycle, it is evident that reproduction may be tightly linked to the progression and …

Body mass and carcass composition were determined from 267 female Mallards (Anas
platyrhynchos) collected during the winters of 1980-1981, 1981-1982, and 1982-1983 in the …

Mating preferences were studied in captive wild-stock female mallards. Independent
observers scored ornament brightness for the bill and eight plumage areas of male mallards …

Sexual selection has been demonstrated to sometimes be strongly related to the expression
of secondary sexual characters, as shown by a number of classical textbook examples …

The process of female choice of mates was examined in the damselfish Chrysiptera cyanea.
Females make their choices during courtship periods termed “visiting” which are performed …

A study I conducted suggested that female mallards chose males based on natural variation
in individual ornaments, especially the bill. Ornament manipulations were used to test …