Avian Biology

Contributors

General Preface

Preface to Volume VIII

Note on Taxonomy

Contents of Other Volumes

Chapter 1. The Adaptive Significance of Coloniality in Birds

I. Introduction

II. Definition and Occurrence

III. Toward a Better Theoretical Perspective

IV. Energetic Effects

V. Predation Effects

VI. Egg Destruction and Chick Killing

VII. Extra-Pair Copulations

VIII. Other Considerations

IX. Toward a Synthesis: Temporal Fitness Patterns

X. Conclusion

References

Chapter 2. The Fossil Record of Birds

I. Introduction

II. Archaeopteryx

III. Early Cretaceous Birds

IV. Hesperornithiformes

V. Ichthyornithiformes

VI. Other Mesozoic Birds

VII. Paleognathous Birds

VIII. The "Basal" Land Bird Assemblage

IX. The "Higher" Land Bird Assemblage

X. The Water Bird Assemblage

XI. Conclusion

References

Index to Bird Names

Subject Index