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• Cover
• Title Page
• Editorial Team and Contributors
• Preface
• Bird Academy Web Resources
• Chapter 1: Why Study Birds?
• 1.1 Engaging with birds in the twenty‐first century
• 1.2 A short note on the names of birds
• 1.3 Birds and ornithology are both worldwide
• 1.4 Web resources beyond this handbook
• Chapter 2: Avian Diversity and Classification
• 2.1 Classifying avian diversity
• 2.2 Phylogenetics: the evolutionary tree of birds
• 2.3 Global patterns of avian diversity
• 2.4 Origin of birds
• References
• Chapter 3: How Birds Evolve
• 3.1 Natural selection
• 3.2 Sexual selection
• 3.3 Speciation
• 3.4 Hybridization
• 3.5 What drives the divergence of bird populations?
• 3.6 Adaptive radiations of birds
• References
• Chapter 4: Feathers and Plumages
• 4.1 Structural basics of feathers
• 4.2 Feather development
• 4.3 Evolution of feathers
• 4.4 Types of feathers: distribution, forms, and functions
• 4.5 Molts and plumages
• 4.6 Feather care
• 4.7 Coloration: form and function at the scale of light
• 4.8 Feather and plumage texture: light at the scale of barbules, barbs, and whole feathers
• 4.9 Visual functions of plumage
• References
• Chapter 5: Avian Flight
• 5.1 Aerodynamics
• 5.2 Power for flight
• 5.3 Maneuvering and stability
• References
• Chapter 6: Avian Anatomy
• 6.1 Skeletal system
• 6.2 Muscular system
• 6.3 Respiratory system
• 6.4 Digestive system
• 6.5 Urogenital system
• 6.6 Circulatory system
• 6.7 Nervous system
• 6.8 Sense organs and the sensory system
• References
• Chapter 7: Bird Physiology
• 7.1 Maintaining an internal balance
• 7.2 Not too hot or cold
• 7.3 Nutrition (digestion and metabolism)
• 7.4 Dealing with pathogens
• 7.5 Exercise physiology of flying birds
• 7.6 Avian endocrine system
• 7.7 Bird brains
• 7.8 Sensory physiology
• References
• Chapter 8: Avian Food and Foraging
• 8.1 Basics: meeting energy and nutritional demands
• 8.2 Optimizing what, when, where, and how to forage
• 8.3 Diversity of foods and foraging behaviors
• 8.4 Benefits and costs of social foraging
• 8.5 Feeding specialization and generalization
• References
• Chapter 9: Avian Mating and Social Behavior
• 9.1 Female mating preferences
• 9.2 Pair bonds, courtship, and divorce
• 9.3 Male mating preferences
• 9.4 Adaptive value of mate choice
• 9.5 Sexual selection and mating systems
• 9.6 Costs and benefits of social behavior
• References
• Chapter 10: Avian Vocal Behavior
• 10.1 Studying bird sounds: the investigator’s toolbox
• 10.2 Vocal repertoires
• 10.3 Vocal development
• 10.4 Production and control of song
• 10.5 Song variation in space and time
• 10.6 Functions of bird song
• 10.7 Signal values of differences among singers
• 10.8 Other remarkable features of singing behavior
• References
• Chapter 11: Breeding Biology of Birds
• 11.1 Timing of breeding
• 11.2 Breeding territories
• 11.3 Nests and nest building
• 11.4 Nest‐building behaviors
• 11.5 Eggs
• 11.6 Clutch size
• 11.7 Clutch and egg replacement
• 11.8 Incubation
• 11.9 Hatching
• 11.10 Altricial and precocial young
• 11.11 Recognition among parents and their young
• 11.12 Parental care
• 11.13 Survival and reproductive trade‐offs
• References
• Chapter 12: Avian Migration and Dispersal
• 12.1 Types of movements
• 12.2 Patterns in migration
• 12.3 How birds time their migrations
• 12.4 Orientation and navigation
• 12.5 Migration physiology
• 12.6 Dispersal
• 12.7 Evolution of avian movement patterns
• References
• Chapter 13: Ecology of Bird Populations
• 13.1 Avian population ecology
• 13.2 Changes in populations over time and space
• 13.3 Censusing bird populations
• 13.4 Avian demography
• 13.5 Life history evolution
• 13.6 Ecological niches
• 13.7 Limiting factors for bird populations
• 13.8 Population regulation
• 13.9 Populations through time and space
• References
• Chapter 14: Bird Communities
• 14.1 Classifying bird species assemblages
• 14.2 Ways of describing communities
• 14.3 Patterns of species diversity
• 14.4 The niche: a fundamental unit in community ecology
• 14.5 Interspecific competition
• 14.6 Evidence for interspecific competition
• 14.7 Interspecific commensalism
• 14.8 Mutualisms
• 14.9 Parasitism
• 14.10 Predation
• 14.11 Food chains and food webs
• 14.12 Communities within birds
• 14.13 Top‐down effects, trophic cascades, and ecological services
• References
• Chapter 15: Bird Conservation
• 15.1 History of bird conservation
• 15.2 Conservation biology
• 15.3 Recent avian extinctions
• 15.4 Causes of avian population declines
• 15.5 Major threats to bird populations
• 15.6 Avian population increases
• 15.7 Conservation solutions
• 15.8 Value of wild birds
• 15.9 What each of us can do
• References
• Glossary
• Index
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