Ptilochronology [[electronic resource] ] : feather time and the biology of birds / / Thomas C. Grubb, Jr

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458603203321
• Autore: Grubb Thomas C
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• ISBN: 1-280-87023-0; 0-19-151626-0; 1-4294-7112-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (189 p.)
• Collana: Oxford ornithology series ; ; no. 15
• Disciplina: 571.818
• Soggetti: Ptilochronology; Birds - Development; Birds - Growth; Birds - Nutrition; Birds - Nutrition - Requirements; Feathers - Growth; 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.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Part I. Basic Ptilochronology; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Ptilochronology, nutritional condition, and fitness; 1.2 Other indices of nutritional condition; 1.3 Feather growth as an index of nutritional condition; 1.4 Criticisms of ptilochronology; 1.5 Summary; 2 Can reduced nutritional condition really cause narrowed growth bars?; 2.1 Summary; 3 Does any factor other than nutritional condition control feather growth?; 3.1 Annual cycles; 3.2 Non-nutritional response to cold temperature and wind; 3.3 Follicle history; 3.4 Summary; Part II. Applied Ptilochronology; 4 Habitat quality; 4.1 Territory size4.2 Successional stage; 4.3 Moisture; 4.4 Anthropogenic modifications; 4.5 Summary; 5 Nutritional consequences of self-cached food; 5.1 Summary; 6 Social behavior; 6.1 Intraspecific social behavior; 6.2 Interspecific social behavior; 6.3 Summary; 7 Individual quality; 7.1 Sexual selection and natural selection; 7.2 Growth bar width as an honest signal; 7.3 Feather ; pigment color as an honest signal; 7.4 Feather structural color as an honest signal; 7.5 Carotenoids versus melanins; 7.6 Multiple signals of quality; 7.7 Fluctuating asymmetry; 7.8 Summary; 8 Reproductive effort; 8.1 Brood size8.2 Breeding and molting; 8.3 Tests of theories of reproductive effort; 8.4 Summary; 9 Nestling condition; 9.1 Summary; 10 Prolonged brood-care; 10.1 Adult nutritional condition; 10.2 Nutritional condition of retained offspring; 10.3 Summary; 11 Taking stock and looking ahead; 11.1 Conceptual issues; 11.2 What causes growth bars?; 11.3 On 24-hours' worth of feather growth per growth bar; 11.4 Linking growth bar width and nutritional condition; 11.5 Potentially confounding factors; 11.6 Original versus induced feathers; 11.7 Controlling for structural body size; 11.8 Feather growth lag times11.9 Relations among growth bar width, feather length, and feather mass; 11.10 Ptilochronology and fitness; 11.11 Ptilochronolgy and conservation biology; 11.12 Correlation versus causation; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; References; Index; A; B; C; E; F; G; H; I; J; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W
• Sommario/riassunto: This book reports and summarizes the findings of several dozen studies that have used ptilochronology (the study of feather time) as a research tool. It provides a practical resource as well as a source of understanding of how the technique can be used to address important questions in avian biology.