Current Ornithology, Volume 16Val Nolan Jr., Charles F. Thompson Current Ornithology publishes authoritative, up-to-date, scholarly reviews of topics selected from the full range of current research in avian biology. Topics cover the spectrum from the molecular level of organization to population biology and community ecology. The series seeks especially to review 1) fields in which abundant recent literature will benefit from synthesis and organization, 2) newly emerging fields that are gaining recognition as the result of recent discoveries or shifts in perspective, and 3) fields in which students of vertebrates may benefit from comparisons of birds with other classes. All chapters are invited, and authors are chosen for their leadership in the subjects under review. |
Contents
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Social Foraging and Coloniality | 28 |
Reproductive Success and Habitat Selection | 38 |
Prospectus | 62 |
CHAPTER 2 | 83 |
Begging as Competition among Nestmates | 98 |
51 | 225 |
Genetic Basis of Population Differentiation | 228 |
Conclusions | 236 |
127 | 246 |
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CHAPTER 5 | 257 |
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Interspecific Analyses | 289 |
The Role of Biparental Care | 104 |
Conclusions | 111 |
CHAPTER 3 | 119 |
How Neophobia and Neophilia Are Studied | 129 |
What Determines the Intensity of Neophobia | 135 |
Exploration in Juvenile Birds | 152 |
Comparative Studies of Neophobia and Exploration | 158 |
Conclusions and Future Directions | 167 |
CHAPTER 4 | 179 |
Quantitative Genetics of Fitness | 219 |
CHAPTER 6 | 299 |
Thermoregulation | 330 |
Optimization Processes | 341 |
CHAPTER 7 | 355 |
Repeatability of Daily Energy Expenditure Measurements | 374 |
Intraspecific versus | 383 |
Conclusions and Recommendations for Future Research | 396 |
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