In Blue-Footed Boobies, Hugh Drummond presents a lifetime field study of one of the planet's most charismatic and observable birds, focused on two themes of human relevance: aggressive competition between siblings and monogamous pair-bonding combined with frequent infidelity. In an account peppered with research anecdotes, he immerses readers in a bustling blue-footed booby colony where social manipulation and life-and-death dramas are the stuff of family life.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Two Approaches to Controlling and Killing Siblings
- Chapter 2: Beating Siblings into Submission
- Chapter 3: From Wild Violence to Courtly Rituals
- Chapter 4: To Kill or Not to Kill
- Chapter 5: Are Parents Okay with Sibling Bullying?
- Chapter 6: Bullying and Lifelong Scars
- Chapter 7: Happy Marriages with Blue Feet
- Chapter 8: Cheating, Infanticide and Egg Dumping
- Chapter 9: Are Humans Similar?
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- List of Common and Systematic Names
