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Brood Patching

Brood Patching is a physiological adaptation in avian species, characterized by the localized loss of feathering and increased vascularization on the ventral body surface, which facilitates direct heat transfer to eggs during incubation.

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THE POSSIBLE ROLE OF PROLACTIN IN THE REGULATION OF NESTING BEHAVIOUR AND THE SECRETION OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE IN BROODY BANTAMS

Robert Lea, A. S. M. DODS, P. J. Sharp et al. · Journal of Endocrinology · 1981 · 142 citations

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Zebra Finch Incubation: Brood patch, Egg Temperature and Thermal Properties of the Nest

Richard Zann, Maurizio Rossetto · Emu - Austral Ornithology · 1991 · 109 citations

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Incubation during the Egg-Laying Period in Relation to Clutch-Size and Other Aspects of Reproduction in the Great Tit Parus major

Svein Haftorn · Ornis Scandinavica · 1981 · 103 citations

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The Regulation of Egg Temperatures and Attentiveness Patterns in the Dusky Flycatcher (Empidonax oberholseri)

Martin L. Morton, Maria E. Pereyra · The Auk · 1985 · 97 citations · Full text

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Speciation through temporal segregation of Madeiran storm petrel ( <i>Oceanodroma castro</i> ) populations in the Azores?

L. R. Monteiro, Robert W. Furness · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1998 · 90 citations · Full text

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Authors

137

  1. RA
    Robert A. Hinde

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 192 citations

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  2. ES
    Elizabeth Steel

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 136 citations

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  3. RH
    R.E. Hutchison

    Babraham Institute, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 83 citations

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  4. GR
    Gary R. Bortolotti

    University of Saskatchewan, Canada

    2 publications · 69 citations

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  5. MJ
    Michael J. L. Magrath

    The University of Melbourne, Australia

    2 publications · 46 citations

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Institutions

69

  1. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    225 citations

  2. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    86 citations

  3. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    225 citations

  4. University of Otago

    Dunedin, New Zealand

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    126 citations

  5. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    138 citations

  6. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    49 citations

  7. Ste. Anne's Hospital

    Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  8. University of Stirling

    Stirling, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

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  1. Journal of Endocrinology

    5 publications · 275 citations

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  2. Ringing & Migration

    4 publications · 75 citations

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  3. Behaviour

    3 publications · 90 citations

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  4. Apidologie

    2 publications · 60 citations

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  5. Zoologia (Curitiba)

    2 publications · 66 citations

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