Ptilochronology : feather time and the biology of birds /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Series: | Oxford ornithology series ;
15 |
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=192223 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Can reduced nutritional condition really cause narrowed growth bars?
- Does any factor other than nutritional condition control feather growth?
- Habitat quality
- Nutritional consequences of self-cached food
- Social behavior
- Individual quality
- Reproductive effort
- Nestling condition
- Prolonged brood-care
- Taking stock and looking ahead.