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Description: |
volumes <1-9> : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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General Note: |
Vols. 8- published in Orlando. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: v. I. Classification of birds / Robert W. Storer ; Origin and evolution of birds / Pierre Brodkorb ; Systematics and speciation in birds / Robert K. Selander ; Adaptive radiation of birds / Robert W. Storer ; Patterns of terrestrial bird communities / Robert MacArthur ; Sea bird ecology and the marine environment / N. Philip Ashmole ; Biology of desert birds / D.L. Serventy ; Ecological aspects of periodic reproduction / Klaus Immelmann ; Population dynamics / Lars von Haartman ; Ecological aspects of reproduction / Martin L. Cody ; Ecological aspects of behavior / Gordon Orians -- v. II. The integument of birds / Peter Stettenheim ; Patterns of molting / Ralph S. Palmer ; Mechanisms and control of molt / Robert B. Payne ; The blood-vascular system of birds / David R. Jones and Kjell Johansen ; Respiratory function in birds / Robert C. Laswieski ; Digestion and the digestive system / Vinzenz Ziswiler and Donald S. Farner ; The nutrition of birds / Hans Fisher ; The intermediary metabolism of birds / Robert L. Hazelwood ; Osmoregulation and excretion in birds / Vaughan H. Shoemaker -- v. III. Reproduction in birds / B. Lofts and R.K. Murton ; The adenohypophysis / A. Tixier-Vidal and B.K. Follett ; The peripheral endocrine glands / Ivan Assenmacher ; Neuroendocrinology in birds / Hideshi Kobayashi and Masaru Wada ; Avian vision / Arnold J. Sillman ; Chemoreception / Bernice M. Wenzel ; Mechanoreception / J. Schwartzkopff ; Behavior / Robert A. Hinde -- v. IV. The peripheral and autonomic nervous systems / Terence Bennett ; The avian pineal organ / M. Menaker and A. Oksche ; The avian skeletomuscular system / Walter J. Bock ; Thermal and caloric relations of birds / William A. Calder and James R. King ; Physiology and energetics of flight / M. Berger and J.S. Hart |
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v. V. Mechanics of flight / C.J. Pennycuik ; Migration : control and metabolic physiology / Peter Berthold ; Migration : orientation and navigation / Stephen T. Emlen ; Circadian and circannual rhythms in birds / EberhardGwinner ; Vocal behavior in birds / Fernando Nottebohm ; Incubation / Rudolf Drent ; Zoogeography / François Vuilleumier -- v. VI. Avian mating systems / Lewis W. Oring ; The ecology and evolution of avian migration systems / Sidney A. Gauthreaux, Jr. ; Social organization in the nonreproductive season / H. Ronald Pulliam and George C. Millikan ; The uropygial gland / Jürgen Jacob ; The glycogen body / Louis De Gennaro ; Domestication in birds / Roland Sossinka ; Respiration and control of breathing / Peter Scheid -- v. VII. Avian postnatal development / Robert E. Ricklefs ; The ontogeny of avian behavior / Susan M. Smith ; Avian ecological energetics / Glenn E. Walsberg ; Hormonal correlates of behavior / Jacques Balthazart ; The biology of avian parasites : helminths / Robert L. Rausch ; Bursa of fabricius / Bruce Glick -- v. VIII. The adaptive significance of coloniality in birds / James F. Wittenberger and George L. Hunt, Jr. ; The fossil record of birds / Storrs L. Olson -- v. IX. The central nervous systems of birds : a study of functional morphology / H.-G. Hartwig ; The origin of feathers : a novel approach / Alan H. Brush ; Endocrinology of reproduction in wild species / John C. Wingfield and Donald S. Farner. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: Vol. III includes information on birds eyes and vision. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Avian biology. New York, Academic Press, 1971-<1985> (OCoLC)645747815 |