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Ptilochronology [[electronic resource] ] : feather time and the biology of birds / / Thomas C. Grubb, Jr
| Ptilochronology [[electronic resource] ] : feather time and the biology of birds / / Thomas C. Grubb, Jr |
| Autore | Grubb Thomas C |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (189 p.) |
| Disciplina | 571.818 |
| Collana | Oxford ornithology series |
| Soggetto topico |
Ptilochronology
Birds - Development Birds - Growth Birds - Nutrition Birds - Nutrition - Requirements Feathers - Growth |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-87023-0
0-19-151626-0 1-4294-7112-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458603203321 |
Grubb Thomas C
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| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ptilochronology [[electronic resource] ] : feather time and the biology of birds / / Thomas C. Grubb, Jr
| Ptilochronology [[electronic resource] ] : feather time and the biology of birds / / Thomas C. Grubb, Jr |
| Autore | Grubb Thomas C |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (189 p.) |
| Disciplina | 571.818 |
| Collana | Oxford ornithology series |
| Soggetto topico |
Ptilochronology
Birds - Development Birds - Growth Birds - Nutrition Birds - Nutrition - Requirements Feathers - Growth |
| ISBN |
1-383-04391-4
1-280-87023-0 0-19-151626-0 1-4294-7112-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784752903321 |
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Grubb Thomas C
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| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ptilochronology : feather time and the biology of birds / / Thomas C. Grubb, Jr
| Ptilochronology : feather time and the biology of birds / / Thomas C. Grubb, Jr |
| Autore | Grubb Thomas C |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (189 pages) |
| Disciplina |
571.818
598.0723 |
| Collana | Oxford ornithology series |
| Soggetto topico |
Ptilochronology
Birds - Development Birds - Growth Birds - Nutrition Birds - Nutrition - Requirements Feathers - Growth |
| ISBN |
1-383-04391-4
1-280-87023-0 0-19-151626-0 1-4294-7112-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824296003321 |
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Grubb Thomas C
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| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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