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Author:

Grubb, Thomas C.

Title:

Ptilochronology : feather time and the biology of birds / Thomas C. Grubb, Jr. and Acopian Center for Conservation Learning, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, USA.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

x, 176 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Ptilochronology.
Feathers--Growth.
Birds--Nutrition.
Birds--Development.

Other Authors:

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association. Acopian Center for Conservation Learning.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-174) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Can reduced nutritional condition really cause narrowed growth bars? -- Does any factor other than nutritional condition control feather growth? -- Habitat quality -- Nutritional consequences of self-cached food -- Social behavior -- Individual quality -- Reproductive effort -- Nestling condition -- Prolonged brood-care -- Taking stock and looking ahead.

Series:

Oxford ornithology series ; 15

ISBN:

9780199295500
0199295506

OCLC:

(OCoLC)65764515

LCCN:

2006297176

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)