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ISBN: | 9781400842797 1400842794 1280494549 9781280494543 9780691139821 0691139822
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
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Summary: | Physiological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds is the most current and comprehensive account of research on avian reproduction. It develops two unique themes: the consideration of female avian reproductive physiology and ecology, and an emphasis on individual variation in life-history traits. Tony Williams investigates the physiological, metabolic, energetic, and hormonal mechanisms that underpin individual variation in the key female-specific reproductive traits and the trade-offs between these traits that determine variation in fitness. The core of the book deals with the a.
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Other form: | Print version: Williams, Tony D. Physiological adaptations for breeding in birds. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2012 9780691139821
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