Population biology of passerine birds an integrated approach ; [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,

**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. Front Matter....Pages I-XV Front Matter....Pages XVII-XVII Breeding Time Of The Pied Flycatcher Ficedula Hypoleuca ....Pages 1-16 Front Matter....Pages 17-17 Comparative Reproductive Biology of Four Blue Tit Populations in the Netherlands....Pages 19-38 Population Dynamics and Regulation of a High Density Blue Tit Population....Pages 39-53 Breeding Patterns of the Coal Tit (Parus Ater) and the Great Tit (Parus Major) in Pine Stands in Portugal....Pages 55-64 Long-Term Study of a Northern Population of the Blue Tit Parus Caeruleus ....Pages 65-75 Breeding time and Breeding Performance of the Blue Tit ( Parus Caeruleus ) in two Mediterranean Habitats....Pages 77-87 Modelling Density Dependence, Environmental Variability, and Demographic Stochasticity from Population Counts: An Example Using Wytham Wood Great Tits....Pages 89-102 Variable Cone Crops, Migration, and Dynamics of a Population of Mountain Chickadees ( Parus Gambeli )....Pages 103-116 The Timing of Breeding and Clutch Size of Blue Tits ( Parus Caeruleus ) in Two Montane Habitats in Algeria....Pages 117-120 Factors Affecting Clutch-Size in Great and Blue Tits....Pages 121-130 Is Adult Survival of the Blue Tit Higher in a Low Fecundity Insular Population than in a High Fecundity Mainland One?....Pages 131-143 Two Mediterranean Blue Tit Populations: Are Differences in the Timing of Breeding Associated with Caterpillar Availability?....Pages 145-155 Variation in Morphology, Laying Date and Clutch Size Between Non-Mediterranean and Mediterranean Blue Tits....Pages 157-164 Front Matter....Pages 165-165 The Variable Niche Hypothesis Revisited an Analysis of Intra- and Inter-Specific Differences in Bill Variation in Parus ....Pages 167-174 Temporal and Spatial Variation in Food Availability and its Effects on Fledgling Size in the Great Tit....Pages 175-185 On the Effects of Small Scale Variation in Temperature and Food Availability on Laying Date and Egg Size in Great Tits ( Parus Major )....Pages 187-197 The Estimation of Local Immature Survival Rate and of Age-Specific Proportions of Breeders in Bird Populations....Pages 199-213 The Effects of Forest Damage on Caterpillars and their Effect on the Breeding Biology of the Great Tit, an Overview....Pages 215-222 Genetic Parasitism in the European Starling....Pages 223-231 Front Matter....Pages 233-233 Life-History Trade-Offs and Optimal Clutch Size in Relation to Age in the Collared Flycatcher....Pages 235-245 Front Matter....Pages 233-233 Egg Size Investments of Tits; Does Number Conflict with Size?....Pages 247-255 Manipulation of the Brood Size of Pied Flycatchers....Pages 257-268 Fitness Effects of Parasites on Passerine Birds: A Review....Pages 269-280 The Cost of Reproduction in Birds: Evaluating the Evidence from Manipulative and Non-Manipulative Studies....Pages 281-296 Effects of Brood Size Manipulations on Adult and Juvenile Survival and Future Fecundity in the Willow Tit Parus Montanus ....Pages 297-306 Costs and Benefits of Reproduction of the Collared Flycatcher, Ficedula Albicolis ....Pages 307-319 Front Matter....Pages 321-321 Polygyny and Breeding Success of Pied Flycatchers Nesting in Natural Cavities....Pages 323-330 Polygyny and Nest Predation in the Rock Pipit Do Females Trade Male Assistance Against Safety?....Pages 331-343 Incubation Patterns of Blue Tits ( Parus Caeruleus )....Pages 345-356 Helping at the Nest in European Bee-Eaters: Who Helps and Why?....Pages 357-368 What Determines the Timing and Order of Nest-Leaving in the Marsh Tit ( Parus Palustris )?....Pages 369-379 Tactics and Counter-Tactics of Sexually Selected Infanticide in Tree Swallows....Pages 381-390 Brood Defence in Great Tit ( Parus Major ) Pairs and the Concorde Fallacy....Pages 391-397 Front Matter....Pages 399-399 Social Organization of Winter Flocks of Willow Tits Parus Montanus in a Norwegian Subalpine Birch Forest....Pages 401-413 Winter Floaters in Willow Tits Parus Montanus a Matter of Choice or Making the Best of a Bad Situation?....Pages 415-421 Differences in Recruitment of Young by Immigrant and Resident Great Tits in Wytham Wood....Pages 423-440 Return Rates of Male Pied Flycatchers: An Experimental Study Manipulating Breeding Success....Pages 441-452 Winter Replacement Rates of High-Ranked Chickadees Vary with Floater Density....Pages 453-459 How Does Translocation Affect the Subsequent Distribution of Breeding Pairs in a Population of Pied Flycatchers ( Ficedula Hypoleuca )?....Pages 461-472 Front Matter....Pages 473-473 Concluding Remarks: Dispersal and Gene Flow....Pages 475-480 Front Matter....Pages 473-473 Concluding Remarks: Understanding Populations....Pages 481-485 Back Matter....Pages 487-498 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, 1989