Population Biology of Passerine Birds An Integrated Approach [Paperback]

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.Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Demographical, Physiological, Behavioural and Genetical Aspects of Population Biology of Passerine Birds held at Evisa, Corsica, France October 3-8, 1989Population 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.Presidential Address.- The breeding time of the Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca.- Reproductive Biology and Population Regulation.- Comparative reproductive biology of four Blue Tit populations in the Netherlands.- Population dynamics and regulation of a high density Blue Tit population.- Breeding patterns of the Coal Tit Parus ater and the Great Tit Parus major in Pine stands in Portugal.- Long-term study of a northern population of the Blue Tit Parus caeruleus.- Breeding time and breeding performance of the Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus) in two Mediterranean habitats.- Modelling density dependence, environmental variability and demographic stochasticity from population counts: an example using Wytham wood Great Tits.- Variable cone crops, migration, and dl£¡