Avian incubation : behaviour, environment, and evolution / edited by D.C. Deeming.

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Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
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Series:Oxford ornithology series ; 13
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260 |a Oxford ;  |a New York :  |b Oxford University Press,  |c 2002. 
300 |a xiv, 421 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 24 cm. 
440 0 |a Oxford ornithology series ;  |v 13 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [330]-415) and index. 
505 0 0 |g 1.  |t Importance and evolution of incubation in avian reproduction /  |r D. C. Deeming --  |g 2.  |t Location, structure and function of incubation sites /  |r M. H. Hansell and D. C. Deeming --  |g 3.  |t Functional characteristics of eggs /  |r D. C. Deeming --  |g 4.  |t Embryonic development and utilisation of egg components /  |r D. C. Deeming --  |g 5.  |t Hormonal control of incubation behaviour /  |r C. M. Vleck --  |g 6.  |t Behaviour patterns during incubation /  |r D. C. Deeming --  |g 7.  |t Parent-embryo interactions /  |r R. B. Brua --  |g 8.  |t The brood patch /  |r R. W. Lea and H. Klandorf --  |g 9.  |t Maintenance of egg temperature /  |r J. S. Turner --  |g 10.  |t Nest microclimate during incubation /  |r A. Ar and Y. Sidis --  |g 11.  |t Patterns and significance of egg turning /  |r D. C. Deeming --  |g 12.  |t Microbiology of natural incubation /  |r G. K. Baggott and K. Graeme-Cook --  |g 13.  |t Underground nesting in the megapodes /  |r D. T. Booth and D. N. Jones --  |g 14.  |t Characteristics and constraints of incubation in hummingbirds /  |r W. A. Calder III --  |g 15.  |t Intermittent incubation: predictions and tests for time and heat allocations /  |r F. R. Hainsworth and M. A. Voss --  |g 16.  |t Incubation in extreme environments /  |r C. Carey --  |g 17.  |t Tactics of obligate brood parasites to secure suitable incubators /  |r S. G. Sealy, D. G. McMaster and B. D. Peer --  |g 18.  |t Ecological factors affecting initiation of incubation behaviour /  |r P. N. Hebert --  |g 19.  |t Adaptive significance of egg coloration /  |r T. J. Underwood and S. G. Sealy --  |g 20.  |t Energetics of incubation /  |r J. M. Tinbergen and J. B. Williams --  |g 21.  |t Incubation and the costs of reproduction /  |r J. M. Reid, P. Monaghan and R. G. Nager --  |g 22.  |t Perspectives in avian incubation /  |r D. C. Deeming. 
650 0 |a Birds  |x Eggs  |x Incubation. 
650 0 |a Birds  |x Nests 
650 0 |a Birds  |x Behavior. 
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