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Tim Birkhead: Foreword; Preface; 1 S.J. Reynolds & D.C. Deeming: Incubating new ideas about avian reproduction; 2 D.C. Deeming: The fossil record and evolution of avian egg nesting and incubation; 3 S.D. Healy, K.V. Morgan & I.E. Bailey: Nest-construction behaviour; 4 D.C. Deeming & M.C. Mainwaring: Functional properties of nests; 5 M.C. Mainwaring, S.J. Reynolds & K. Weidinger: The influence of predation on the location and design of nests; 6 M.C. Mainwaring: Nest construction and incubation in a changing climate; 7 A. West, P. Cassey & C.M. Thomas: Microbiology of nests and eggs; 8 I. Lopez-Rull & C. Macias Garcia: Control of invertebrate occupants of nests; 9 G.F. Birchard & D.C. Deeming: Egg allometry: influences of phylogeny and the altricial-precocial continuum; 10 T.D. Williams & T.G.G. Groothuis: Egg quality, embryonic development and post-hatching phenotype: an integrated perspective; 11 K. Brulez, T.W. Pike & S.J. Reynolds: Egg signalling: the use of visual, auditory and chemical stimuli; 12 V. Marasco & K.A. Spencer: Improvements in our understanding of behaviour during incubation; 13 A. Nord & J.B. Williams: The energetic costs of incubation; 14 G.R. Hepp, S.E. DuRant & W.A. Hopkins: Influence of incubation temperature on offspring phenotype and fitness in birds; 15 J.A. Smith, C.B. Cooper & S.J. Reynolds: Advances in techniques to study incubation; 16 D.C. Deeming & N.S. Jarrett: Applications of incubation science to aviculture and conservation; 17 C.B. Cooper, R.L. Bailey & D.I. Leech: The role of citizen science in studies of avian reproduction; 18 D.C. Deeming & S.J. Reynolds: Perspectives on avian nests and eggs

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