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UNINA9910789923403321 |
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Autore |
Williams Tony D |
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Titolo |
Physiological adaptations for breeding in birds [[electronic resource] /] / Tony D. Williams |
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Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2012 |
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1-280-49454-9 |
9786613589774 |
1-4008-4279-4 |
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[Course Book] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (389 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Birds - Reproduction |
Females |
Birds - Physiology |
Adaptation (Physiology) |
Phenotype |
Birds - Variation |
Birds - Ecology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Hormonal and Physiological Control of Egg Production -- Chapter 3. Timing of Breeding -- Chapter 4. Egg Size and Egg Quality -- Chapter 5. Clutch Size -- Chapter 6. Parental Care -- Chapter 7. Trade-Offs and Carry-Over Effects -- Chapter 8. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Physiological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds is the most current and comprehensive account of research on avian reproduction. It develops two unique themes: the consideration of female avian reproductive physiology and ecology, and an emphasis on individual variation in life-history traits. Tony Williams investigates the physiological, metabolic, energetic, and hormonal mechanisms that underpin individual variation in the key female-specific reproductive traits and the trade-offs between these traits that determine variation in fitness. The core of the |
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book deals with the avian reproductive cycle, from seasonal gonadal development, through egg laying and incubation, to chick rearing. Reproduction is considered in the context of the annual cycle and through an individual's entire life history. The book focuses on timing of breeding, clutch size, egg size and egg quality, and parental care. It also provides a primer on female reproductive physiology and considers trade-offs and carryover effects between reproduction and other life-history stages. In each chapter, Williams describes individual variation in the trait of interest and the evolutionary context for trait variation. He argues that there is only a rudimentary, and in some cases nonexistent, understanding of the physiological mechanisms that underpin individual variation in the major reproductive life-history traits, and that research efforts should refocus on these key unresolved problems by incorporating detailed physiological studies into existing long-term population studies, generating a new synthesis of physiology, ecology, and evolutionary biology. |
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UNINA9910155113403321 |
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Autore |
Benz Brendon C. |
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The Land Before the Kingdom of Israel : A History of the Southern Levant and the People who Populated It / / Brendon C. Benz |
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Penn State University Press, 2016 |
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Winona Lake, Indiana : , : Eisenbrauns, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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9781575064284 |
1575064286 |
9781646022762 |
1646022769 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (512 pages) |
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History, archaeology, and culture of the Levant ; ; 7 |
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Ethnology |
Canaanites |
Bronze age |
Antiquities |
Bronze age - Middle East |
Cananéens - Histoire |
Canaanites - History |
Ethnologie - Palestine |
Ethnology - Palestine |
Bronze age - Palestine |
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History |
Ressources Internet |
Middle East Palestine |
Middle East |
Palestine Antiquités |
Palestine Antiquities |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Based on several core traditions that dominate the biblical narrative, Israel is widely regarded as having been set apart from among the nations, representing a unique sociopolitical entity in the ancient world. United by a common tribal identity and a commitment to worshiping the God who delivered them from Egypt exclusively, the Israelites established an egalitarian community in the southern Levant that stood in contrast to the hierarchical polities of their polytheistic neighbors in the land of Canaan. In spite of these traditions, modern scholarship for the most part has recognized the poin. |
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