Summarizing current understanding in language accessible to readers without a deep background in biology, the present volume, Part B, looks at reproduction from the perspectives of breeding, embryonic development, and chick rearing. Specific topics include sexual selection of ultraviolet and structural color signals, sexual dimorphism, courtship and copulation, the evolution of parental care and cooperative breeding, applications of reproductive biology to bird conservation and population management, and embryo-genesis and development. Part A covers phylogeny, morphology, hormones, and fertilization. Distributed in the US by Enfield. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)