Efnisyfirlit

• 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
• End User License Agreement

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