{"product_id":"red-winged-blackbirds-les-d-beletsky-9780226041872","title":"Red-Winged Blackbirds: Decision-Making and Reproductive Success","description":"Drawing on detailed data from their sixteen-year study of red-winged blackbirds in the marshes of Washington's Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Beletsky and Orians analyze the information redwings use to make breeding-season decisions and the consequences these decisions have for lifetime reproductive success. Because male and female redwings make different, and often independent, decisions--males focus on territory acquisition and maintenance, while females must choose when and where to nest and how much energy to invest in reproduction--the authors have taken the novel approach of studying the sexes separately. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing analyses of observational data combined with field experiments and game-theoretical models, the authors provide new insights into the complex patterns of reproductive decision-making and breeding behavior in redwings. This book will be of interest to all who study social animals, including behavioral ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and ornithologists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Les D. Beletsky,Gordon H. Orians\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226041875\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226041872\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 6.00w x 0.78d","brand":"Les D. Beletsky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447597838591,"sku":"9780226041872","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57138c3e-62e1-4666-bdb2-62bf7d12863d.jpg?v=1777233754","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/red-winged-blackbirds-les-d-beletsky-9780226041872","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}