Physiological adaptations for breeding in birds /

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Author / Creator:Williams, Tony D.
Imprint:Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2012.
Description:1 online resource (xviii, 368 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11134083
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ISBN:9781400842797
1400842794
1280494549
9781280494543
9780691139821
0691139822
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Williams, Tony D. Physiological adaptations for breeding in birds. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2012 9780691139821