Avian incubation : behaviour, environment, and evolution /
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| Imprint: | Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002. |
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| Description: | xiv, 421 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Oxford ornithology series ; 13 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4618575 |
Table of Contents:
- Contributors
- 1. Importance and evolution of incubation in avian reproduction
- The bird-nest incubation unit
- Evolution of avian incubation
- Evolutionary development of avian incubation
- 2. Location, structure and function of incubation sites
- Incubation sites
- Nest shapes
- Nest construction
- The evolution of nest building
- Function of nests
- 3. Functional characteristics of eggs
- Egg morphology and composition
- Egg dimensions
- The shell
- The avian egg: a remarkable evolutionary design
- 4. Embryonic development and utilisation of egg components
- Basic patterns of embryonic development
- Changes to egg components
- Embryonic development in non-commercial species
- 5. Hormonal control of incubation behaviour
- Species and gender differences in prolactin levels and parental behaviour
- Role of steroid hormones and prolactin in initiating incubation
- Behavioural effects on prolactin secretion
- Prolactin and incubation behaviour
- 6. Behaviour patterns during incubation
- Patterns of behaviour
- Activity of birds during incubation
- Constancy of incubation
- Evolution of incubation behaviour
- %Attentiveness and eggmass
- 7. Parent-embryo interactions
- Embryo-embryo interactions
- Parent-embryo interactions
- Importance of parent-embryo interactions
- 8. The brood patch
- Morphology
- Occurrence of brood patches
- The endocrine basis for brood patch development
- Mechanisms of action of the brood patch: evidence of importance of tactile sensitivity
- Indirect action of the brood patch
- Functional activity of the brood patch
- Further research into brood patch form and function
- 9. Maintenance of egg temperature
- Maintenance of egg temperature: steady state
- Maintenance of egg temperature: unsteady state
- Limitations of the biophysical approach to maintenance of egg temperature
- What is 'egg temperature'?
- 10. Nest microclimate during incubation
- Definition of nest microclimate
- Temperature regulation of the eggs
- Thermal considerations of the incubating adult
- Nest humidity
- Nest gas composition
- Egg turning
- The nest microclimate: further research
- 11. Patterns and significance of egg turning
- The process of egg turning
- Reasons for egg turning during incubation
- Evolutionary aspects of egg turning
- Areas for further research into turning during incubation
- 12. Microbiology of natural incubation
- Fungal associations of bird nests
- The nest bacterial community
- Behavioural control of potential pathogens
- Microbes on the egg surface
- Improving our understanding of the microbiology of natural incubation
- 13. Underground nesting in the megapodes
- Sources of incubation heat
- Incubation technique
- Nest incubation conditions
- Physiology of embryonic development
- Hatching and escaping the nest
- Areas for future research in megapode incubation
- 14. Characteristics and constraints of incubation in hummingbirds
- Basic breeding biology
- Hummingbirds and incubation: a scaling perspective
- Nest site selection
- Incubation behaviour
- Temperature regulation of females and eggs during incubation
- Incubation to fitness: hummingbird persistence was unlikely!
- Future research
- 15. Intermittent incubation: predictions and tests for time and heat allocations
- Modelling of time and heat allocations during intermittent incubation
- Percent time allocated to foraging during an incubation cycle
- Predictions from the model
- Tests of the model predictions for maximal % time foraging for juncos
- Significance of the test
- 16. Incubation in extreme environments
- Cold environments
- High altitude environments
- Desert environments
- Wet-nesters
- Prospects for birds breeding in extreme environments
- 17. Tactics of obligate brood parasites to secure suitable incubators
- Suitable hosts
- Tactics to ensure hosts accept the parasite's egg
- Tactics to lay in nests before incubation has advanced too far
- Tactics to ensure adequate incubation of the parasite's egg
- Tactics to ensure the parasite's egghatches first
- Priorities for future research
- 18. Ecological factors affecting initiation of incubation behaviour
- Physio-ethology of the onset of incubation
- Patterns of onset of incubation
- Ecological factors affecting the onset of incubation
- Direction of future studies
- 19. Adaptive significance of egg coloration
- Crypsis
- Egg/nest recognition
- Filtering solar radiation
- Eggshell strength
- Aposematism
- Intraclutch variability
- White eggs
- Why so blue?
- Priorities for future research
- 20. Energetics of incubation
- Terminology
- Energy constraints during incubation and clutch size
- Energetic costs of incubation in terrestrial birds
- Energetic cost of incubation in seabirds
- Future perspectives for research into energetics of incubation
- 21. Incubation and the costs of reproduction
- Why might incubation be costly?
- Occurrence and distribution of incubation costs
- 22. Perspectives in avian incubation
- Areas for further research into incubation
- The future for incubation research?
- References
- Index
