Ebook: Current Ornithology
- Tags: Zoology
- Series: Current Ornithology 5
- Year: 1988
- Publisher: Springer US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Volume 5 of this series continues its coverage of currently active re search fields in ornithology. Because an editor can never be a disin terested observer of his or her own editorial efforts, any claim for su periority of this volume is not without conflict of interest. Even so, Volume 5 has certain merits that even a parent should acknowledge, and I find the current chapters not merely timely and authoritative but compelling in their demand for a reader's attention. Wolfgang and Roswitha Wiltschko provide a perceptive review of magnetic orientation in birds, a piece dedicated to Fritz Merkel, the pioneer in studies of magnetic orientation. Sergei Kharitonov and Doug las Siegel-Causey are concerned with the behavioral ecology of seabird coloniality, emphasizing their field experiences in the USSR and the United States. Ted Miller examines the application of studies of bird behavior to comparative biology, pursuing the interface of behavior and evolutionary biology adumbrated by Konrad Lorenz in the 1930s. Jeremy Raynor gives us a summary of the work over the past decade on bird flight, which is not, by turns, as complex or as simple as we had formerly believed. Carrol Henderson describes recent develop ments in nongame bird conservation, based on his pioneering work in the State of Minnesota. Alan Kamil discusses optimal experimental design for research in ornithology, a field in which experimental work is frequently difficult to pursue.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Form and Function in Avian Flight....Pages 1-66
Magnetic Orientation in Birds....Pages 67-121
Temporal Patterns of Pair Formation and Reproduction in Annual Cycles and Associated Endocrinology in Waterfowl....Pages 123-185
Female-Biased Philopatry, Monogamy, and the Timing of Pair Formation in Migratory Waterfowl....Pages 187-221
Colony Formation in Seabirds....Pages 223-272
Mitochondrial DNA of Birds....Pages 273-295
Nongame Bird Conservation....Pages 297-312
Experimental Design in Ornithology....Pages 313-346
Description of Bird Behavior for Comparative Purposes....Pages 347-394
Back Matter....Pages 395-420
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Form and Function in Avian Flight....Pages 1-66
Magnetic Orientation in Birds....Pages 67-121
Temporal Patterns of Pair Formation and Reproduction in Annual Cycles and Associated Endocrinology in Waterfowl....Pages 123-185
Female-Biased Philopatry, Monogamy, and the Timing of Pair Formation in Migratory Waterfowl....Pages 187-221
Colony Formation in Seabirds....Pages 223-272
Mitochondrial DNA of Birds....Pages 273-295
Nongame Bird Conservation....Pages 297-312
Experimental Design in Ornithology....Pages 313-346
Description of Bird Behavior for Comparative Purposes....Pages 347-394
Back Matter....Pages 395-420
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