Population Biology of Passerine Birds

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XV

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2. Presidential Address

   1. Front Matter

      Pages XVII-XVII

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   2. Breeding Time Of The Pied Flycatcher Ficedula Hypoleuca

      • Lars von Haartman

      Pages 1-16

3. Reproductive Biology and Population Regulation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. Comparative Reproductive Biology of Four Blue Tit Populations in the Netherlands

      • Johan H. van Balen, Roel P. J. Potting

      Pages 19-38

   3. Population Dynamics and Regulation of a High Density Blue Tit Population

      • André A. Dhondt, Erik Matthysen, Frank Adriaensen, Marcel M. Lambrechts

      Pages 39-53

   4. Breeding Patterns of the Coal Tit (Parus Ater) and the Great Tit (Parus Major) in Pine Stands in Portugal

      • Lilia Fidalgo

      Pages 55-64

   5. Long-Term Study of a Northern Population of the Blue Tit Parus Caeruleus

      • Olavi Hildén

      Pages 65-75

   6. Breeding time and Breeding Performance of the Blue Tit (Parus Caeruleus) in two Mediterranean Habitats

      • Alain Dervieux, Paul Isenmann, Alex Clamens, Patrice Cramm

      Pages 77-87

   7. Modelling Density Dependence, Environmental Variability, and Demographic Stochasticity from Population Counts: An Example Using Wytham Wood Great Tits

      • Jean-Dominique Lebreton

      Pages 89-102

   8. Variable Cone Crops, Migration, and Dynamics of a Population of Mountain Chickadees (Parus Gambeli)

      • D. Archibald McCallum

      Pages 103-116

   9. The Timing of Breeding and Clutch Size of Blue Tits (Parus Caeruleus) in Two Montane Habitats in Algeria

      • Aïssa Moali, Paul Isenmann

      Pages 117-120

   10. Factors Affecting Clutch-Size in Great and Blue Tits

       • Christopher M. Perrins

       Pages 121-130

   11. Is Adult Survival of the Blue Tit Higher in a Low Fecundity Insular Population than in a High Fecundity Mainland One?

       • Jacques Blondel, Roger Pradel

       Pages 131-143

   12. Two Mediterranean Blue Tit Populations: Are Differences in the Timing of Breeding Associated with Caterpillar Availability?

       • Hagen S. Zandt, Arjen M. Strijkstra, Jacques Blondel, Johan H. van Balen

       Pages 145-155

   13. Variation in Morphology, Laying Date and Clutch Size Between Non-Mediterranean and Mediterranean Blue Tits

       • Jean-Louis Martin, Marie-Dominique Bellot

       Pages 157-164

4. Between-Individual Variation Within Populations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165

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   2. The Variable Niche Hypothesis Revisited an Analysis of Intra- and Inter-Specific Differences in Bill Variation in Parus

      • Andrew G. Gosler

      Pages 167-174

   3. Temporal and Spatial Variation in Food Availability and its Effects on Fledgling Size in the Great Tit

      • Sabine G. Henrich-Gebhardt

      Pages 175-185

   4. On the Effects of Small Scale Variation in Temperature and Food Availability on Laying Date and Egg Size in Great Tits (Parus Major)

      • Ruedi Nager

      Pages 187-197

Population Biology of Passerine Birds is an up-to-date synthesis of the most recent developments in its field, especially in the framework of modern life history theories. Major topics include quantitative genetics, ecological physiology, the study of social structures using individually marked birds in the wild, and finally biometry, which allows to quantify such important parameters as survival at different stages of life and to create a model of the overall demography of the populations.

• Fitness
• Vögel
• birds
• ecophysiology
• environment
• morphology
• passerine birds
• physiology
• population biology
• populationsbiologie
• singvögel
• temperature
• ökophysiologie

• Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montpellier Cédex, France

  Jacques Blondel

• Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology, Oxford, Great Britain

  Andrew Gosler, Robin McCleery

• Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Montpellier Cédex, France

  Jean-Dominique Lebreton

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