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J. M. Ward, Auteur ; J. D. Blount, Auteur ; G. D. Ruxton, Auteur ; D. C. Houston, AuteurSince Buxton's (1923) observation that many animals inhabiting desert environments exhibit black pelage, various hypotheses have been proposed to explain the evolutionary origins of this phenomenon. In this review, these hypotheses are examined [...]
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G. M. Hilton, Auteur ; R. W. Furness, Auteur ; D. C. Houston, AuteurWe present data on digestive efficiencies and gut retention times of eight North Atlantic seabird species, fed on two fish species - lesser sandeel Ammodytes marinus and whiting Merlangius merlangus - which commonly occur in the diet of wild sea[...]
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R. G. Nager, Auteur ; P. Monaghan, Auteur ; D. C. Houston, AuteurMeasurements of costs of reproduction are essential for our understanding of the evolution of reproductive effort. While in birds the effects of increased chick-rearing effort on subsequent survival and fecundity have been relatively well studie[...]
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C. Kullberg, Auteur ; N. B. Metcalfe, Auteur ; D. C. Houston, AuteurDuring the breeding season, many female passerine birds increase in body mass before egg laying, maintain a relatively high body mass during incubation, and then drop back to the original level during the chick-rearing period. The post-hatching [...]
