Current Ornithology, Opseg 16

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Val Nolan Jr., Charles F. Thompson
Springer Science & Business Media, 6. pro 2012. - Broj stranica: 424
Current Ornithology publishes authoritative, up-to-date, scholarly reviews of topics selected from the full range of current research in avian biology. Topics cover the spectrum from the molecular level of organization to population biology and community ecology. The series seeks especially to review 1) fields in which abundant recent literature will benefit from synthesis and organization, 2) newly emerging fields that are gaining recognition as the result of recent discoveries or shifts in perspective, and 3) fields in which students of vertebrates may benefit from comparisons of birds with other classes. All chapters are invited, and authors are chosen for their leadership in the subjects under review.
 

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CHAPTER
1
Empirical Data
4
Limitation of Breeding Sites
7
Social Foraging and Coloniality
28
Reproductive Success and Habitat Selection
38
Prospectus
62
CHAPTER 2
83
Begging as Competition among Nestmates
98
51
225
Genetic Basis of Population Differentiation
228
Conclusions
236
127
246
57
253
CHAPTER 5
257
60
271
Interspecific Analyses
289

The Role of Biparental Care
104
Conclusions
111
CHAPTER 3
119
How Neophobia and Neophilia Are Studied
129
What Determines the Intensity of Neophobia
135
Exploration in Juvenile Birds
152
Comparative Studies of Neophobia and Exploration
158
Conclusions and Future Directions
167
CHAPTER 4
179
Quantitative Genetics of Fitness
219
CHAPTER 6
299
Thermoregulation
330
Optimization Processes
341
CHAPTER 7
355
Repeatability of Daily Energy Expenditure Measurements
374
Intraspecific versus
383
Conclusions and Recommendations for Future Research
396
INDEX
407
Sexual Selection and Coloniality
421
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