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xviii, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: 2.6.2.Supplemental, non-photoperiodic cues and ovarian function -- 2.7.Future research questions -- ch. 3 Timing of Breeding -- 3.1.Early-season events are critical in determining timing of breeding -- 3.2.Fitness consequences of timing decisions -- 3.3.Selection on timing of breeding -- 3.4.Constraint, individual optimization, and the search for mechanism -- 3.5.Sex-specific response mechanisms for timing of breeding -- 3.6.Physiological mechanisms associated with photoperiod (day length) as a proximate factor -- 3.6.1.Individual variation in photoperiodic response -- 3.6.2.Where would sex-specific photoperiodic response mechanisms reside? -- 3.7.Physiological mechanisms associated with temperature as a proximate factor -- 3.7.1.Temperature as a long-term "information" cue -- 3.7.2.Correlates of temperature as information cues -- 3.7.3.Possible "direct" effects of temperature on timing -- 3.7.4.Where would temperature response mechanisms reside? -- |
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Contents note continued: 3.8.Physiological mechanisms associated with food availability as a "proximate" factor -- 3.8.1.Argument 1: Food availability is a constraint because supplemental food advances the timing of laying -- 3.8.2.Argument 2: Food availability must be a constraint because egg production is energetically expensive -- 3.8.3.Argument 3: Food availability is a constraint because pre-breeding "body condition" determines laying date -- 3.8.4.Where would food (resource) response mechanisms reside? -- 3.9.Conclusion -- 3.10.Future research questions -- ch. 4 Egg Size and Egg Quality -- 4.1.Individual variation in egg size -- 4.2.Fitness consequences of variation in egg size -- 4.2.1.Egg-size-clutch-size trade-offs and fecundity costs of large egg size -- 4.3.Selection on egg size -- 4.4.Variation in egg composition or egg quality -- 4.4.1.Egg macronutrient composition -- 4.4.2.Yolk hormones -- 4.4.3.Egg immunoglobulins and antimicrobial proteins -- |
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Contents note continued: 4.4.4.Egg antioxidants -- 4.5.Physiological mechanisms underlying individual variation in egg size and egg quality -- 4.5.1.Mechanisms regulating egg size and egg-size-dependent egg quality -- 4.5.2.Mechanisms underlying egg-size-independent variation in egg quality -- 4.6.Variation in the primary sex ratio and sex-specific follicle development -- 4.7.Extreme flexibility in reproductive investment: The house finch -- 4.8.Conclusions -- 4.9.Future research questions -- ch. 5 Clutch Size -- 5.1.Individual variation in clutch size and clutch number -- 5.2.Why does clutch size vary among individuals? -- 5.2.1.Chick-rearing ability and individual optimization of clutch size -- 5.2.2.Nest predation and clutch size -- 5.2.3.Embryo viability, incubation capacity, and clutch size -- 5.2.4.Constraints on egg production -- 5.3.Selection on clutch size -- 5.4.Physiological mechanisms of clutch-size determination -- 5.4.1.Determinate versus indeterminate laying -- |
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Contents note continued: 5.4.2.A general mechanistic model for control of clutch size in birds -- 5.4.3.Potential mechanisms for individual and date-independent variation in clutch size -- 5.4.5.Proximate constraints on clutch size: food availability and nutrient reserves -- 5.5.Conclusion -- 5.6.Future research questions -- ch. 6 Parental Care: Incubation and Chick-Rearing -- 6.1.Comparative aspects of variation in parental care -- 6.2.Individual variation in parental care -- 6.2.1.Incubation -- 6.2.2.Chick-rearing -- 6.3.Fitness consequences of individual variation in parental care -- 6.3.1.Incubation effort, constancy, and duration -- 6.3.2.Short-term effects of incubation effort -- 6.3.3.Long-term effects of incubation effort -- 6.3.4.Chick-rearing, provisioning effort, and nestling productivity -- 6.3.5.Short-term effects of variation in chick-rearing effort -- 6.3.6.Long-term effects of variation in chick-rearing effort -- |
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Contents note continued: 6.4.Physiological mechanisms underlying individual variation in parental care -- 6.4.1.Energetic costs of incubation -- 6.4.2.Energetic demands of chick-rearing -- 6.4.3.Nutritional demands of incubation and chick-rearing -- 6.4.4.Are there resource-allocation trade-offs during parental care? -- 6.5.Hormonal mechanisms underlying individual variation in parental care -- 6.5.1.Prolactin and parental care -- 6.5.2.Prolactin and individual variation in parental care -- 6.5.3.Corticosterone and breeding failure -- 6.5.4.Corticosterone and individual variation in parental care -- 6.6.Conclusions -- 6.7.Future research questions -- ch. 7 Trade-Offs and Carry-Over Effects -- 7.1.Carry-over effects between winter, the pre-breeding period, and reproduction -- 7.2.Costs of reproduction -- 7.3.Carry-over effects between reproduction and post-breeding life stages -- 7.3.1.Post-fledging parental care -- 7.3.2.Breeding-molt overlap -- |
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Contents note continued: 7.4.Physiological mechanisms underlying trade-offs and carry-over effects -- 7.5.Resources and resource-allocation mechanisms -- 7.6.Mechanisms arising from direct physiological or hormonal "conflict" between overlapping functions -- 7.7."Integrated" physiological mechanisms and individual quality -- 7.7.1.Stress, allostasis, and reactive scope -- 7.7.2.Oxidative stress -- 7.7.3.Oxygen-transport systems, hematology, and anemia -- 7.8.Conclusion -- 7.9.Future research questions -- ch. 8 Conclusions |
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Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- 1.1.Structure of the chapters -- 1.2.A primer on reproduction in female birds -- 1.3.Individual variation -- 1.4.What is not in this book? -- 1.5.Avian reproduction in a changing world -- ch. 2 The Hormonal and Physiological Control of Egg Production -- 2.1.Overview of the female reproductive system -- 2.1.1.Pre-vitellogenic follicle development -- 2.1.2.Rapid follicle growth (RFG) or rapid yolk development (RYD) -- 2.1.3.Vitellogenesis and lipoprotein metabolism -- 2.1.4.Mechanisms of receptor-mediated yolk uptake -- 2.2.Oviduct structure and function -- 2.3.Regulation of the timing of egg-laying (oviposition) -- 2.3.1.Follicle atresia and laying skips -- 2.4.Hormonal control of ovarian and oviduct function -- 2.4.1.The ovary -- 2.4.2.The oviduct -- 2.5.Hypothalamic and pituitary regulation of gonadal function -- 2.6.Hormonal integration of environmental information -- 2.6.1.Photoperiodic control of gonadal function -- |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-359) and index |
| Subject |
Adaptation (Physiology)
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Birds -- Ecology.
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Birds -- Physiology.
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Birds -- Reproduction.
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Birds -- Variation.
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Females.
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Phenotype.
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| LC no. |
2011041066 |
| ISBN |
9780691139821 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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