The Behavioral Ecology of the Glossy Black-Cockatoo
Calyptorhynchus lathami halmaturinus

John W. Pepper

Ph.D. thesis, Biology Department, The University of Michigan, 1996

Professor Richard D. Alexander, chair


 
 

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Abstract


 

Prefatory materials  (Dedication, Acknowledgments, Preface, Table of contents, List of tables, List of figures)


 

Chapter 1.  Background and general methods


 

Chapter 2.  A survey of the population and habitat of thesouth australian glossy black-cockatoo(calyptorhynchus lathami halmaturinus)


 

Chapter 3.  Ethogram for the glossy black-cockatoo

        Spectrogram figures

Chapter 4.  Foraging ecology and behavior


 

Chapter 5.  Social behavior and organization


 

Chapter 6.  The functional significance of long term pair bonds


 

Chapter 7.  Lateralized behaviors in the glossy black-cockatoo,and the evolution of laterality


 

Chapter 8.  Using group composition data to measure social affinity: a new method


 

Appendix: conservation biology

Chapter 9.  Distribution, abundance, and conservation status of the South Australian glossy black-cockatoo

 

Chapter 10.  Population viability analysis


 

Chapter 11.  Recovery plan


 


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