Book contents
- The Social Life of Greylag Geese
- The Social Life of Greylag Geese
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface The social life of greylag geese: patterns, mechanisims and evolutionary function in an avian model system
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Research background
- Part II From individual to clan
- 3 Individuals matter:
- 4 Maintenance of the monogamous pair bond
- 5 Alternative social and reproductive strategies
- 6 Beyond the pair bond:
- Part III Costs and benefits of social life
- Part IV Lessons for vertebrate social life
- References
- Index
6 - Beyond the pair bond:
Extended family bonds and female-centred clan formation
from Part II - From individual to clan
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2013
- The Social Life of Greylag Geese
- The Social Life of Greylag Geese
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface The social life of greylag geese: patterns, mechanisims and evolutionary function in an avian model system
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Research background
- Part II From individual to clan
- 3 Individuals matter:
- 4 Maintenance of the monogamous pair bond
- 5 Alternative social and reproductive strategies
- 6 Beyond the pair bond:
- Part III Costs and benefits of social life
- Part IV Lessons for vertebrate social life
- References
- Index
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- The Social Life of Greylag GeesePatterns, Mechanisms and Evolutionary Function in an Avian Model System, pp. 105 - 118Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013
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