Nests, Eggs, and Incubation
New ideas about avian reproduction
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 13 August 2015
- ISBN 9780198718666
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages312 pages
- Size 254x189x22 mm
- Weight 796 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Provide a new overview of the field which builds on the foundations laid down by Charles Deemings 2001 work Avian Incubation (now freely available for download at: www.oup.co.uk/companion/avianincubation2002), much of which remains relevant today.
MoreLong description:
Nests, Eggs, and Incubation brings together a global team of leading authorities to provide a comprehensive overview of the fascinating and diverse field of avian reproduction. Starting with a new assessment of the evolution of avian reproductive biology in light of recent research, the book goes on to cover four broad areas: the nest, the egg, incubation, and the study of avian reproduction. New research on nest structures, egg traits, and life history is incorporated, whilst contemporary methodologies such as self-contained temperature probes and citizen science are also discussed. Applied chapters describe how biological knowledge can be applied to challenges such as urbanisation and climate change. The book concludes by suggesting priorities for future research.
This book builds upon the foundations laid down by Charles Deeming's 2002 work Avian Incubation (available for readers of this book to access online for free), much of which remains relevant today. Read in conjunction with this previous volume, it provides an up-to-date and thorough review of egg biology, nest function, and incubation behaviour, which will be an essential resource for students of avian biology, as well as both professional and amateur ornithologists working in the field of avian reproduction.
This book does an excellent job of incorporating new advances in the field of avian incubation, yet it is far more than simply an update of Deemings previous publication [...] chapters within will make valuable reading for natural historians, behavioral ecologists, vertebrate physiologists, and evolutionary biologists, regardless of their mtaxonomic interests. For nonornithologists, perhaps largely for those focused on vertebrates, this volume contains the necessary introduction to the evolution and physiology of avian incubation that will allow all readers to make useful comparisons with, and gain valuable insight into, their own areas of interest.
Table of Contents:
Foreword
Preface
Incubating new ideas about avian reproduction
The fossil record and evolution of avian egg nesting and incubation
Nest-construction behaviour
Functional properties of nests
The influence of predation on the location and design of nests
Nest construction and incubation in a changing climate
Microbiology of nests and eggs
Control of invertebrate occupants of nests
Egg allometry: influences of phylogeny and the altricial-precocial continuum
Egg quality, embryonic development and post-hatching phenotype: an integrated perspective
Egg signalling: the use of visual, auditory and chemical stimuli
Improvements in our understanding of behaviour during incubation
The energetic costs of incubation
Influence of incubation temperature on offspring phenotype and fitness in birds
Advances in techniques to study incubation
Applications of incubation science to aviculture and conservation
The role of citizen science in studies of avian reproduction
Perspectives on avian nests and eggs
