Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: The Waterfowl -- 1. Foraging Ecology and Nutrition -- 2. The Cost of Egg Laying and Its Relationship to Nutrient Reserves in Waterfowl -- 3. Incubation and Brood Care -- 4. Ecology of Prefledging Waterfowl -- 5. Ecology and Management of Postbreeding Waterfowl -- 6. The Mating Systems of Waterfowl -- 7. Courtship, Pair Formation, and Signal Systems -- 8. Spacing Patterns -- 9. Ecology and Evolution of Brood Parasitism in Waterfowl -- 10. Environmental and Endocrine Control of Waterfowl Reproduction -- 11. Philopatry, Dispersal, and the Genetic Structure of Waterfowl Populations -- 12. Mortality During the Breeding Season -- 13. Breeding Population Inventories and Measures of Recruitment -- 14. Population Dynamics of Breeding Waterfowl -- 15. The Evolution of Reproductive Patterns in Waterfowl -- 16. Patterns in Breeding Duck Communities -- 17. Breeding Habitats of Nearctic Waterfowl -- 18. Habitat Management for Breeding Areas -- Notes on Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.