The ecology and behavior of chickadees and titmice : an integrated approach

The ecology and behavior of chickadees and titmice : an integrated approach / edited by Ken A. Otter.

Members of the Paridae family represent popular organisms for ornithological research. This is due to the flexibility to study this group of birds in both the lab and the natural environment. In contrast to previously published literature, this volume concentrates on research themes.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Otter, Ken A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series:Oxford ornithology series.
Subjects:
Chickadees > Ecology.
Titmice > Ecology.
Chickadees > Behavior.
Titmice > Behavior.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ornithology.
NATURE > Birdwatching Guides.
NATURE > Animals > Birds.
Chickadees > Behavior
Titmice > Behavior
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to the North American Paridae / Susan M. Smith
  • Neurobiology of spatial behavior / David F. Sherry and Jennifer S. Hoshooley
  • The relationship between environment, corticosterone, food catching, spatial memory, and the hippocampus in chickadees / Vladimir V. Pravosudov
  • Photoperiodism and the annual cycle of black-capped chickadees / Leslie S. Phillmore and Scott A. MacDougall-Shackleton
  • Fine-scale variation in the timing of reproduction in titmice and chickadees / Scott M. Ramsay and Ken A. Otter
  • Synopsis 1. Proximate mechanisms in behavior and evolution / David F. Sherry [and others]
  • Phylogeography of chestnut-backed chickadees in western North America / Theresa M. Burg
  • Behavioral aspects of chickadee hybridization / Robert L. Curry, Lindsay M. Rossano and Matthew W. Reudink
  • Life in the small-bodied cavity-nester guild : demography of sympatric mountain and black-capped chickadees within nest web communities under changing habitat conditions / Kathy Martin and Andrea R. Norris
  • Social dominance and fitness in black-capped chickadees / Laurene Ratcliffe, Daniel J. Mennill and Kristin A. Schubert
  • Synopsis 2. Parid reproductive behavior / Daniel J. Mennill [and others]
  • Chickadee vocal production and perception : an integrative approach to understanding acoustic communication / Christopher B. Sturdy [and others]
  • The gargle call of black-capped chickadees : ontogeny, acoustic structure, population patterns, function, and processes leading to sharing of call characteristics / Myron C. Baker and David E. Gammon
  • How postdispersal social environment may influence acoustic variation in birdsong / David E. Gammon
  • "Information" and the chick-a-dee call : communicating with a complex vocal system / Jeffrey R. Lucas and Todd M. Freeberg
  • Status signalling and communication networks in chickadees : complex communcation with a simple song / Daniel J. Mennill and Ken A. Otter
  • Synopsis 3. Complexities in vocal communication / Todd M. Freeberg [and others]
  • Edge, patch, and landscape effects on parid distribution and movements / André Desrochers and Marc Bélisle
  • Winter adaptations in chickadees and titmice and the added effect of habitat fragmentation / Jennifer R. Olson and Thomas C. Grubb Jr.
  • Habitat quality and reproductive behavior in chickadees and tits : potential for habitat matrix use in forest generalists / Ken A. Otter, Harry van Oort and Kevin T. Fort
  • Synopsis 4. Landscape ecology, behavior, and conservation issues / André Desrochers [and others]
  • What drives differences between North American and Eurasian tit studies? / André A. Dhondt.

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