| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction / Ellen D. Ketterson and Jonathan W. Atwell -- The junco : a common bird and a classic subject for descriptive and experimental studies in evolutionary and integrative biology / Ellen D. Ketterson and Jonathan W. Atwell -- Axes of biogeographic variation in the avian genus junco : habitat, morphology, migration, and seasonal timing, with implications for diversification under heteropatry / Jonathan W. Atwell, Dawn O'Neal, and Ellen D. Ketterson -- Phenotypic engineering : a long-term study using hormones to study life-history trade-offs and sexual conflict / Nicole M. Gerlach and Ellen D. Ketterson -- Hormonal pleiotropy and the evolution of correlated traits / Joel W. McGlothlin and Ellen D. Ketterson -- Individual variation and selection on hormone-mediated phenotypes in male and female dark-eyed juncos / Kristal Cain, Jodie M. Jawor, and Joel W. McGlothlin -- Diving deeper into mechanism : individual and sex differences in testosterone production, sensitivity, and genomic responses / Kimberly A. Rosvall, Christine M. Bergeon Burns, and Mark P. Peterson -- More than meets the eye : lineage diversity and evolutionary history of dark-eyed and yellow-eyed juncos / Borja Milá, Pau Aleixandre, Sofía Alvarez-Nordström, and John McCormack -- The potential role of parapatric and alloparapatric divergence in junco speciation / Trevor D. Price and Daniel M. Hooper -- Shifts in hormonal, morphological, and behavioral traits in a novel environment : comparing recently diverged junco populations / Jonathan W. Atwell, Danielle J. Whittaker, Trevor D. Price, and Ellen D. Ketterson -- A physiological view of population divergence : comparing hormone production and response mechanisms / Christine M. Bergeon Burns and Kimberly A. Rosvall -- Mate choice in dark-eyed juncos using visual, acoustic, and chemical cues / Danielle J. Whittaker and Nicole M. Gerlach -- Dark-eyed junco song : linking ontogeny and function with a potential role in reproductive isolation / Gonçalo C. Cardoso and Dustin G. Reichard -- Standing on the shoulders : agendas for future research addressing evolutionary and integrative biology in a rapidly evolving songbird / Ellen D. Ketterson and Jonathan W. Atwell |
| Summary |
Placing special emphasis on the important role that underlying physiological, hormonal, and behavioural mechanisms play in these processes, 'Snowbird' not only provides a definitive exploration of the junco's evolutionary history and behavioural and physiological diversity but also underscores the junco's continued importance as a model organism in a time of rapid global climate change |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 29, 2016) |
| Subject |
Juncos.
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NATURE -- Animals -- Birds.
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NATURE -- Birdwatching Guides.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ornithology.
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Juncos
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ketterson, E. D. (Ellen Dorcas), 1945- editor.
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Atwell, Jonathan W., editor.
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| ISBN |
9780226330808 |
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022633080X |
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