Behaviour of the cattle egret Ardeola ibis

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dc.contributor.authorBlaker, David Nen_ZA
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dc.date.issued1967en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractArdeola ibis (.L.) is a small white heron, generally considered to be one of the most terrestrial members of its semi-aquatic family. It is a highly successful species, both in terms of numbers and of geographic range. Apart from man and his commensals, it is probably the commonest of the six terrestrial vertebrates with cosmopolitan breeding ranges, the other five all being bird species too (Voous 1960). A. ibis is gregarious, roosting and nesting in very large numbers, so one aim of this study is to investigate advantages of and adaptations to a social way of life, and to see whether the species' success is in any way a result of its gregariousness. Several taxonomic reviews, notably those of Lorenz (1941) and Johnsgard (1961) on Anatidae, have been based on behavioural characters, because many behaviour patterns are as conservative and species-constant as structural features are. For this reason, and because adequate behavioural studies have to date been carried out on only about 7 of the 64 Ardeid species, the work was extended to include two other species, Egretta garzetta and E. intermedia. The present study is also designed to provide material for a projected review of the Ardeidae (Curry-Lindahl pers. comm.).en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBlaker, D. N. (1967). <i>Behaviour of the cattle egret Ardeola ibis</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13101en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBlaker, David N. <i>"Behaviour of the cattle egret Ardeola ibis."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 1967. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13101en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBlaker, D. 1967. Behaviour of the cattle egret Ardeola ibis. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Blaker, David N AB - Ardeola ibis (.L.) is a small white heron, generally considered to be one of the most terrestrial members of its semi-aquatic family. It is a highly successful species, both in terms of numbers and of geographic range. Apart from man and his commensals, it is probably the commonest of the six terrestrial vertebrates with cosmopolitan breeding ranges, the other five all being bird species too (Voous 1960). A. ibis is gregarious, roosting and nesting in very large numbers, so one aim of this study is to investigate advantages of and adaptations to a social way of life, and to see whether the species' success is in any way a result of its gregariousness. Several taxonomic reviews, notably those of Lorenz (1941) and Johnsgard (1961) on Anatidae, have been based on behavioural characters, because many behaviour patterns are as conservative and species-constant as structural features are. For this reason, and because adequate behavioural studies have to date been carried out on only about 7 of the 64 Ardeid species, the work was extended to include two other species, Egretta garzetta and E. intermedia. The present study is also designed to provide material for a projected review of the Ardeidae (Curry-Lindahl pers. comm.). DA - 1967 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1967 T1 - Behaviour of the cattle egret Ardeola ibis TI - Behaviour of the cattle egret Ardeola ibis UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13101 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13101
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBlaker DN. Behaviour of the cattle egret Ardeola ibis. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 1967 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13101en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Biological Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherZoologyen_ZA
dc.titleBehaviour of the cattle egret Ardeola ibisen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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