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Ptilochronology : feather time and the biology of birds /
"This is the first book to summarize the methods, conceptual issues and results of studies using the interpretation of feather growth rates as an index of nutritional condition in birds. The author has coined the term ptilochronology (literally, 'the study of feather time') to describ...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | Oxford ornithology series ;
15. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.