Current Ornithology

ISBN-13: 9781441933232 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 328 str.

Jr. Val Nolan; Ellen D. Ketterson; Charles F. Thompson

Opis

Current Ornithology publishes authoritative, up-to-date, scholarly reviews of topics selected from the full range of current research in avian biology. Topics cover the spectrum from the molecular level of organization to population biology and community ecology. The series seeks especially to review (1) fields in which an abundant recent literature will benefit from synthesis and organization, or (2) newly emerging fields that are gaining recognition as the result of recent discoveries or shifts in perspective, or (3) fields in which students of vertebrates may benefit from comparisons of birds with other classes. All chapters are invited, and authors are chosen for their leadership in the subjects under review.

Spis treści

1 A Search for Environmental Cues Used by Birds in Survival of Cold Winters.- 2 Differential Migration Revisited: Latitudinal Segregation by Age and Sex Class.- 3 Grit Use by Birds: A Review.- 4 Demographic Processes and Population Dynamic Models of Seabirds: Implications for Conservation and Restoration.- 5 Informed Dispersal: Prospecting by Birds for Breeding Sites.- 6 Mechanistic Approaches to the Investigation of Edge Effects on Avian Productivity.