04457nam 2200733Ia 450 991045860320332120200520144314.01-280-87023-00-19-151626-01-4294-7112-3(CKB)1000000000402177(EBL)431324(OCoLC)609832375(SSID)ssj0000230347(PQKBManifestationID)11176010(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000230347(PQKBWorkID)10177664(PQKB)11660637(MiAaPQ)EBC431324(Au-PeEL)EBL431324(CaPaEBR)ebr10271624(CaONFJC)MIL87023(EXLCZ)99100000000040217720060308d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPtilochronology[electronic resource] feather time and the biology of birds /Thomas C. Grubb, JrOxford Oxford University Press20061 online resource (189 p.)Oxford ornithology series ;no. 15Description based upon print version of record.0-19-929550-6 Includes bibliographical references.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 quality4.1 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 effort8.1 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 size11.8 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; WThis 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.Oxford ornithology series ;no. 15.PtilochronologyBirdsDevelopmentBirdsGrowthBirdsNutritionBirdsNutritionRequirementsFeathersGrowthElectronic books.Ptilochronology.BirdsDevelopment.BirdsGrowth.BirdsNutrition.BirdsNutritionRequirements.FeathersGrowth.571.818Grubb Thomas C866992MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458603203321Ptilochronology1935176UNINA