Ornithology

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Macmillan, 1995 - Počet stran: 763
With the Second Edition of his acclaimed text, Frank Gill offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date look at ornithology available. Not just a catalogue of species, it takes a conceptual, research-based approach to communicating an understanding of birds, providing an interpretive context that gives focus and meaning to the details of avian life. You get the latest on the impact of evolution on birds, especially the integration of morphological, behavioral, and physiological adaptations; contemporary research on communication and learning, social behavior, mating and reproduction, and population and community ecology; and contributions of avian biology to such fields as ecology, sociobiology, population biology, and biogeography.

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The Diversity of Birds
3
Temperature Regulation
7
Bird Names and Classifications
12
History
21
Evolution of Feathers
28
Modern Birds
35
Box
46
FORM AND FUNCTION
63
Navigation
309
Reproduction
349
Maturation of the Ovum
355
Box 161
379
Box 164 Coloniality
385
Box 171 The type of pair
405
Intraspecific Brood Parasitism
410
Box 173 Waterfowl have
413

Box 42 The display plumes
73
sites are specialists
79
Box 44 Bright red marks
88
Box 51 The furcula is
95
Box 53 Its not easy
109
Physiology
115
Box 62 Climate affects
130
Daily Time and Energy Budgets
131
Feeding
147
Wax as Food
162
Learning to Feed
168
BEHAVIOR
175
Control of Song by the Central Nervous System
183
Detection of Natural Magnetic Fields
191
Mechanoreception
197
Visual Communication
203
Evolution of Displays
211
Box 92 Sexual selection
216
Vocal Communication
233
independent voices
240
duet with precision
249
stages
259
Box 111 Precisely when
275
Migration
287
Fatty Fuels for Migration
297
Box 121
300
Growth and Development
425
Box 181 Ornithologists
434
Parental Care
453
Obligate Brood Parasites
457
Box 191 Obligate brood
466
POPULATION DYNAMICS
477
Annual Survival and Mortality
486
Delayed Breeding
494
A Retrospective Adjustment
503
Population Growth Patterns
509
Recruitment
520
Species
527
Box 225 Brood parasites
550
Box 231 Distance to cover
556
Box 232 Competition
568
Open versus Closed Communities
580
Box 242 A seabird needs
594
Birds of the World
617
226
724
237
733
247
739
426
744
288
746
453
752
289
753
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