Population Biology of Passerine Birds An Integrated Approach /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Blondel, Jacques. (Editor ), Gosler, Andrew. (Editor ), Lebreton, Jean-Dominique. (Editor ), McCleery, Robin. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1990.
Edición:1st ed. 1990.
Colección:Nato ASI Subseries G:, Ecological Sciences, 24
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75110-3
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Presidential Address
  • The breeding time of the Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
  • Reproductive Biology and Population Regulation
  • Comparative reproductive biology of four Blue Tit populations in the Netherlands
  • Population dynamics and regulation of a high density Blue Tit population
  • Breeding patterns of the Coal Tit Parus ater and the Great Tit Parus major in Pine stands in Portugal
  • Long-term study of a northern population of the Blue Tit Parus caeruleus
  • Breeding time and breeding performance of the Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus) in two Mediterranean habitats
  • Modelling density dependence, environmental variability and demographic stochasticity from population counts: an example using Wytham wood Great Tits
  • Variable cone crops, migration, and dynamics of a population of Mountain Chickadees (Parus gambeli)
  • The timing of breeding and clutch size of Blue Tits (Parus caeruleus) in two montane habitats in Algeria
  • Factors affecting clutch-size in Great and Blue Tits
  • Is adult survival of the Blue Tit higher in a low fecundity insular population than in a high fecundity mainland one
  • Two Mediterranean Blue Tit populations: are differences in the timing of breeding associated with caterpillar availability
  • Variation in morphology, laying date and clutch size between non-Mediterranean and Mediterranean Blue Tits
  • Between-Individual Variation within Populations
  • The variable niche hypothesis revisited. An analysis of intra- and interspecific differences in bill variation in Parus
  • Temporal and spatial variation in food availability and its effects on fledgling size in the Great Tit
  • On the effects of small scale variation in temperature and food availability on laying date and egg size in Great Tits (Parus major)
  • The estimation of local immature survival rate and of age-specific proportions of breeders in bird populations
  • The effects of forest damage on caterpillars and their effect on the breeding biology of the Great Tit, an overview
  • Genetic parasitism in the European Starling
  • Costs and Benefits of Reproduction
  • Life-history trade-offs and optimal clutch size in relation to age in the Collared Flycatcher
  • Egg size investments of tits; does number conflict with size
  • Manipulation of the brood size of Pied Flycatchers
  • Fitness effects of parasites on passerine birds: A review
  • The cost of reproduction in birds: Evaluating the evidence from manipulative and non-manipulative studies
  • Effects of brood size manipulations on adult and juvenile survival and future fecundity in the Willow Tit Parus montanus
  • Costs and benefits of reproduction of the Collared Flycatcher, Ficedula albicollis
  • Behavioural Aspects of Reproduction
  • Polygyny and breeding success of Pied Flycatchers nesting in natural cavities
  • Polygyny and nest predation in the Rock Pipit. Do females trade male assistance against safety
  • Incubation patterns of Blue Tits (Parus caeruleus)
  • Helping at the nest in European Bee-eaters: who helps and why
  • What determines the timing and order of nest-leaving in the Marsh Tit Parus palustris
  • Tactics and counter-tactics of sexually selected infanticide in Tree Swallows
  • Brood defence in Great Tit (Parus major) pairs and the concorde fallacy
  • Recruitment, Floaters, Immigrants
  • Social organization of winter flocks of Willow Tits Parus montanus in a Norwegian subalpine birch forest
  • Winter floaters in Willow Tits Parus montanus — a matter of choice or making the best of a bad situation
  • Differences in recruitment of young by immigrant and resident Great Tits in Wytham wood
  • Return rates of male Pied Flycatchers: an experimental study manipulating breeding success
  • Winter replacement rates of high-ranked Chickadees vary with floater density
  • How does translocation affect the subsequent distribution of breeding pairs in a population of Pied Flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca)
  • Conclusions
  • Concluding remarks: Dispersal and gene flow
  • Concluding remarks: Understanding populations.