Nests, eggs, and incubation : new ideas about avian reproduction / edited by D.C. Deeming and S.J. Reynolds.

Other author Deeming, D. Charles (Denis Charles), editor.
Other author Reynolds, S. James (Silas James), editor.
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
PublicationOxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Descriptionxiv, 296 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), charts ; 26 cm
Subjects

Contents Incubating new ideas about avian reproduction / S.J. Reynolds & D.C. Deeming -- The fossil record and evolution of avian egg nesting and incubation / D.C. Deeming -- Nest construction behaviour / S.D. Healy, K.V. Morgan, & I.E. Bailey -- Functional properties of nests / D.C. Deeming & M.C. Mainwaring -- The influence of predation on the location and design of nests / M.C. Mainwaring, S.J. Reynolds, & K. Weidinger -- Nest construction and incubation in a changing climate / M.C. Mainwaring -- Microbiology of nests and eggs / A. West, P. Cassey, & C.M. Thomas -- Control of invertebrate occupants of nests / I. López-Rull & C. Macías Garcia -- Egg allometry : influences of phylogeny and the altricial-precocial continuum / G.F. Birchard & D.C Deeming -- Egg quality, embryonic development, and post-hatching phenotype : an integrated perspective / T.D. Williams & T.G.G. Groothuis -- Egg signalling : the use of visual, auditory, and chemical stimuli / K. Brulez, T.W. Pike, & S.J. Reynolds -- Improvements in our understanding of behaviour during incubation / V. Marasco & K.A. Spencer -- The energetic costs of incubation / A. Nord & J.B. Williams -- Influence of incubation temperature on offspring phenotype and fitness in birds / G.R. Hepp, S.E. DuRant, & W.A. Hopkins -- Advances in techniques to study incubation / J.A. Smith, C.B. Cooper, & S.J. Reynolds -- Applications of incubation science to aviculture and conservation / D.C. Deeming & N.S. Jarrett -- The role of citizen science in studies of avian reproduction / C.B. Cooper, R.L. Bailey, & D.I. Leech -- Perspectives on avian nests and eggs / D.C. Deeming & S.J. Reynolds.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 227-286) and index.
ISBN9780198718666 (hardback)
ISBN0198718667 (hardback)

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