Avian incubation : behaviour, environment, and evolution /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2002.
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| Series: | Oxford ornithology series ;
13. |
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Table of Contents:
- Importance and evolution of incubation in avian reproduction
- Location, structure and function of incubation sites
- Functional characteristics of eggs
- Embryonic development and utilisation of egg components
- Hormonal control of incubation behaviour
- Behaviour patterns during incubation
- Parent-embryo interactions
- The brood patch
- Maintenance of egg temperature
- Nest microclimate during incubation
- Patterns and significance of egg turning
- Microbiology of natural incubation
- Underground nesting in the megapodes
- Characteristics and constraints of incubation in hummingbirds
- Intermittent incubation: predictions and tests for time and heat allocations
- Incubation in extreme environments
- Tactics of obligate brood parasites to secure suitable incubators
- Ecological factors affecting initation of incubation behaviour
- Adaptive significance of egg coloration
- Energetics of incubation
- Incubation and the costs of reproduction
- Perspectives in avian incubation.