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Author Murton, R. K.

Title Avian breeding cycles / Ronald Keir Murton [and] N.J. Westwood
Published Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press, 1977

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 W'PONDS  598.2166 Mur  AVAILABLE
Description xiii, 594 pages, 13 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: 1. Introduction to Avian Reproductive Strategies -- 2. The Neurohypophysial System -- 3. Reproductive Apparatus of the Male -- 4. Reproductive Appratus of the Female -- 5. The Endocrine Basis of Reproductive Behavior: I -- 6. The Endocrine Basis of Reproductive Behavior: II -- 7. Energy Budgets Affecting Reproduction -- 8. Energy Budgets for Egg Laying and Brood Care -- 9. Some North-Temperate Breeding Cycles -- 10. More Tropical and Temperate Breeding Cycles -- 11. Circadian Rhythms and Avian Photoperiodism -- 12. Endocrine Secretion and Photoperiodism -- 13. Autonomous and Tropical Breeding Cycles -- 14. Evolutionary Aspects of Photoperiodism -- 15. Sexual Selection and the Pair Bond -- 16. Population Regulation
Notes Includes indexes
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 499-568 and index
Subject Birds -- Reproduction.
Photoperiodism.
Sexual cycle.
Biological rhythms.
Birds -- Behavior.
Birds -- Reproduction.
Photoperiodism.
Sexual cycle.
Author Westwood, N. J.
Westwood (N.J.)
LC no. 77009947
ISBN 019857357X