Reproductive biology and phylogeny of birds . Part B : sexual selection, behavior, conservation, embryology and genetics / / edited by Barrie G M Jamieson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453715103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2007
• ISBN: 0-429-07600-2; 1-4822-8051-5; 1-281-82758-4; 9786611827588; 1-57808-591-8
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (543 p.)
• Collana: Reproductive biology and phylogeny ; ; v. 6B
• Disciplina: 598
• Soggetti: Birds - Phylogeny; Birds - Reproduction; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Preface to the Series""; ""Preface to this Volume""; ""Contents""; ""1. Sexual Selection of Ultraviolet and Structural Color Signals ""; ""1.1 INTRODUCTION""; ""1.2 AVIAN UV COLOR VISION ""; ""1.3 UV/STRUCTURAL COLOR PRODUCTION ""; ""1.3.1 Iridescent Plumage ""; ""1.3.2 Non-iridescent Plumage ""; ""1.3.3 White Plumage ""; ""1.3.4 UV-reflecting Pigmented Plumage ""; ""1.3.5 Fluorescent Plumage""; ""1.4 MEASURING UV AND STRUCTURAL SEXUAL SIGNALS ""; ""1.5 SEXUAL SELECTION AND UV/STRUCTURAL SIGNALS ""; ""1.5.1 Avian UV Role Models ""; ""1.5.1.1 Zebra finches ""; ""1.5.1.2 Blue tits ""; ""1.5.1.3 Bluethroats""""1.5.1.4 Recent UV/structural studies ""; ""1.6 SEXUAL SELECTION AND STRUCTURAL SIGNALS ""; ""1.7 SEXUAL SELECTION AND FLUORESCENT SIGNALS ""; ""1.8 WHY ARE UV/STRUCTURAL SIGNALS USED IN SEXUAL COMMUNICATION? ""; ""1.8.1 Private Signaling Channel ""; ""1.8.2 Light and Habitat Contrast ""; ""1.8.3 Receiver Biases for UV-Reflective Signals ""; ""1.8.4 Signals as Amplifiers of Mate Quality ""; ""1.8.5 Signals as Indicators of Mate ; Quality ""; ""1.9 FUTURE CHALLENGES ""; ""1.10 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""1.11 LITERATURE CITED ""; ""2. Melanins and Carotenoids as Feather Colorants and Signals """"2.1 INTRODUCTION""; ""2.2 MECHANISMS OF PRODUCTION OF MELANIN AND CAROTENOID COLORATION ""; ""2.3 GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL ""; ""2.3.1 Genetic Control of Color Traits ""; ""2.3.2 Environmental Effects and the Information Content of Ornamental Coloration ""; ""2.3.2.1 Pigment access ""; ""2.3.2.2 Parasites""; ""2.3.2.3 Nutrition""; ""2.3.2.4 Social status and color ""; ""2.3.3 The Information Content of Pigment-based Color Signals ""; ""2.3.3.1 Morphs ""; ""2.3.3.2 Continuous variation in color display""; ""2.3.3.3 Degree of detail in single and multiple pigment signals """"2.4 THE FUNCTION OF CAROTENOID AND MELANIN COLORATION ""; ""2.5 BENEFITS TO ASSESSMENT OF PIGMENT DISPLAYS ""; ""2.5.1 Mate Choice ""; ""2.5.1.1 Direct benefits""; ""2.5.1.2 Good genes ""; ""2.5.1.3 Reproductive success ""; ""2.5.2 Status Signaling and Receiver Benefits ""; ""2.6 CHAPTER SUMMARY ""; ""2.7 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ""; ""2.8 LITERATURE CITED""; ""3. Odors and Chemical Signaling""; ""3.1 INTRODUCTION""; ""3.2 ODORS DERIVED FROM THE ENVIRONMENT""; ""3.2.1 Plants ""; ""3.2.2 Heterospecific Animals""; ""3.3 ODORS DERIVED FROM BIRDS """"3.3.1 Odors, Chemical Signals and Pheromones""; ""3.3.2 Production of Avian Odors ""; ""3.4 SOCIAL CONTEXTS OF AVIAN ODORS""; ""3.4.1 Using Avian-derived Odorsto Locate Home ""; ""3.4.2 Discrimination of Own-Nest Odor ""; ""3.4.3 Discrimination of Self, Conspecific and Mate Odor ""; ""3.4.4 Chicks, Parenting and Odor Learning ""; ""3.4.5 Odors Linked with Courtship or Other Displays""; ""3.5 IMPLICATIONS OF AVIAN ODOR AS A SIGNAL ""; ""3.5.1 A General Role for Honest Odor Signals in Birds?""; ""3.5.2 Prospects for Odors Related to Kin Selection and Mating System ""
• Sommario/riassunto: The second part of volume 6 discusses sexual selection of ultraviolet and structural signals; melanins and carotenoids as feather colorants and signals; sexual selection and auditory signaling; odors and chemical signaling; sexual dimorphism; sexual selection, signal selection and the handicap principle; courtship and copulation; sexual conflict and its implications for fitness; intra- and extra-pair paternity; parental care (including cooperative breeding); brood parasitism in birds; applications of reproductive biology to bird conservation and population management; embryogenesis and development; molecular genetics of avian sex determination and gonadal development. Many new illustrations are provided throughout the volume.

Community media [[electronic resource] ] : international perspectives / / edited by Linda K. Fuller

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450931903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
• ISBN: 1-281-36276-X; 9786611362768; 0-230-60487-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Classificazione: 05.30
• Altri autori (Persone): FullerLinda K
• Disciplina: 302.23
• Soggetti: Local mass media; Communication, International; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Aboriginal/indigenous experiences. Remote beginnings, metropolitan developments : community and indigenous television in Australia / Elinor Rennie ; (Re)colouring the public broadcasting system in Canada : a case study of the aboriginal peoples television network / Lorna Roth ; Community radio and development : tribal audiences in South India / Yesudhasan Thomas Jayaprakash and Brian Shoesmith ; Media as constructor of ethnic minority identity : a Native American case study / Ritva Levo-Henriksson -- Current case studies. Use of television as a community media by farmers in Bangladesh / M. Abul Kashem ; Restricted opportunities for community broadcasting in Belgium / Frieda Saeys and Tomas Coppens ; Video-identity : images and sounds of citizenship construction in Brazil / Rogério Santana Lourenco ; Implications of globalization for community broadcasting in Ghana / Kwasi Ansu-Kyeremeh ; Vox populi or lonely voices in the wasteland of the ionosphere : the case of Israeli community television / Hillel Nossek ; Asian models of community communication, with Kazakhstan as a case study / Saule Barlybaeva and Alma I. Rusetmova ; Top-down community media : a participant observation from Singapore / Linda K. Fuller ; Television to save a language and a culture : the Basque case / ; Carmelo Garitaonandía and Miguel Angel Casado ; The power of participatory community : lessons learned from Bangkokian experience / Parichart Sthapitanonda and Chaiwat Thirapantu ; Civic adventure in Turkey : creation and evolution of TOSAM and the "Radio democracy" project / Dogu Ergil -- Virtual community visions. The architectures of cyberdating : personal advertisement photography and the unworking of community / Eric Freedman ; "Free speech" and U.S. public access producers / John W. Higgins ; Call me impure : myths and paradigms of participatory communication / Alfonso Gumucio Dagron ; The people's communication charter : global communications and people's rights / Cees J. Hamelink ; Multitheoretical approaches to community media : capturing specificity and diversity / Nico Carpentier, Rico Lie, and Jan Servaes ; Conceptualizing community : implications for policymaking in a cyberage / Concetta M. Stewart and Mairi Innes Pileggi.
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing on case studies, this collection offers international perspectives on how community media serves their audiences. The contributors present perspectives on the ever-burgeoning area of grassroots. Their research represents participant observation, hands-on community involvement, boards of directors, content analysis, and ethical inquiries.