LEADER 04457nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910458603203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-87023-0 010 $a0-19-151626-0 010 $a1-4294-7112-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000402177 035 $a(EBL)431324 035 $a(OCoLC)609832375 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000230347 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11176010 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000230347 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10177664 035 $a(PQKB)11660637 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC431324 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL431324 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10271624 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL87023 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000402177 100 $a20060308d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPtilochronology$b[electronic resource] $efeather time and the biology of birds /$fThomas C. Grubb, Jr 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (189 p.) 225 1 $aOxford ornithology series ;$vno. 15 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-929550-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $a4.1 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 327 $a8.1 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 327 $a11.8 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 330 $aThis book reports and summarizes the findings of several dozen studies that have used ptilochronology (the study of feather time) as a research tool. It provides a practical resource as well as a source of understanding of how the technique can be used to address important questions in avian biology. 410 0$aOxford ornithology series ;$vno. 15. 606 $aPtilochronology 606 $aBirds$xDevelopment 606 $aBirds$xGrowth 606 $aBirds$xNutrition 606 $aBirds$xNutrition$xRequirements 606 $aFeathers$xGrowth 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPtilochronology. 615 0$aBirds$xDevelopment. 615 0$aBirds$xGrowth. 615 0$aBirds$xNutrition. 615 0$aBirds$xNutrition$xRequirements. 615 0$aFeathers$xGrowth. 676 $a571.818 700 $aGrubb$b Thomas C$0866992 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458603203321 996 $aPtilochronology$91935176 997 $aUNINA