How Long to Read Dunnock Behaviour and Social Evolution

How Long Does it Take to Read Dunnock Behaviour and Social Evolution?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 54 minutes to read Dunnock Behaviour and Social Evolution by Nicholas B. Davies

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

At first sight just a small brown bird, the dunnock's unobtrusive appearance belies its extraordinary behaviour and mating patterns. In this book Nick Davies gives a full account of the mating systems of the dunnock or hedge sparrow, Prunella modularis, which include pairs, a male with twofemales, two males with one female, and several males with several females. Detailed observations, elegant field experiments, and DNA fingerprinting are combined to show how this variable social organization arises from selfish individuals competing to maximize their own reproductive success.Further experiments reveal how the cuckoo may thwart the dunnock's parental efforts. David Quinn's exquisite drawings provide a visual summary of the birds' behaviour. All students of ecology, evolution, and animal behaviour will want to be familiar with this work, which addresses the wider issuesof the influence of ecology on mating systems and the evolutionary significance of conflict within and between species. This is the third volume in the Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution, and the first in this series to tackle behavioural ecology. Nick Davies is a Lecturer in Zoology at the University of Cambridge and co-editor with J.R. Krebs of the leading text in the field, Behavioural Ecology: An EvolutionaryApproach.

How long is Dunnock Behaviour and Social Evolution?

Dunnock Behaviour and Social Evolution by Nicholas B. Davies is 292 pages long, and a total of 73,584 words.

This makes it 99% the length of the average book. It also has 90% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Dunnock Behaviour and Social Evolution Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 42 minutes to read Dunnock Behaviour and Social Evolution aloud.

What Reading Level is Dunnock Behaviour and Social Evolution?

Dunnock Behaviour and Social Evolution is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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