Title Physiological adaptations for breeding in birds / Tony D. Williams.

Publication Info.	Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2012]
	©2012

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Description	1 online resource (xviii, 368 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Subject	Birds -- Reproduction.
	Birds -- Reproduction.
	Birds.
	Females.
	Females.
	Birds -- Physiology.
	Birds -- Physiology.
	Adaptation (Physiology)
	Adaptation (Physiology)
	Phenotype.
	Phenotype.
	Birds -- Variation.
	Birds -- Variation.
	Birds -- Ecology.
	Birds -- Ecology.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Williams, Tony D. Physiological adaptations for breeding in birds. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2012 9780691139821 (DLC) 2011041066 (OCoLC)759594217
ISBN	9781400842797 (electronic book)
	1400842794 (electronic book)
	1280494549
	9781280494543
	9780691139821 (hardcover acid-free paper)
	0691139822 (hardcover acid-free paper)