Avian Growth And Development

Author : J. Matthias Starck,Robert E. Ricklefs
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0195106083

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Avian Growth and Development by J. Matthias Starck,Robert E. Ricklefs Pdf

This is the first re-appraisal in 50 years of concepts of development made in birds. This book is a case study in evolutionary diversification of life histories. Although birds have a rather uniform body plan and physiology, they exhibit marked variation in development type, parental care, and rate of growth. Altricial birds are fully dependent on their parents for warmth and nutrition and begin posthatching life in a more or less embryonic condition. At the other extreme, such superprecocial species as the megapodes are independent of all parental care from hatching, and the neonate, able to fly, resembles an adult bird. This book thus attempts to present an integrative perspective of organism biology, ecology, and evolution.

Author : Raymond J. O'Connor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0608073016

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The Growth and Development of Birds by Raymond J. O'Connor Pdf

Author : Sandra G. Velleman,Massimiliano Petracci
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889663149

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Avian Muscle Development and Growth Mechanisms: Association with Muscle Myopathies and Meat Quality by Sandra G. Velleman,Massimiliano Petracci Pdf

This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact.

Author : G. Causey Whittow
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 701 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1999-10-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780080542089

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Sturkie's Avian Physiology by G. Causey Whittow Pdf

Sturkie's Avian Physiology is the classic comprehensive single volume on the physiology of domestic as well as wild birds. The Fifth Edition is thoroughly revised and updated, and includes new chapters on the physiology of incubation and growth. Chapters on the nervous system and sensory organs have been greatly expanded due to the many recent advances in the field. The text also covers the physiology of flight, reproduction in both male and female birds, and the immunophysiology of birds. The Fifth Edition, like the earlier editions, is a must for anyone interested in comparative physiology, poultry science, veterinary medicine, and related fields. This volume establishes the standard for those who need the latest and best information on the physiology of birds. Thoroughly updated and revised Coverage of both domestic and wild birds New larger format Only comprehensive, single volume devoted to birds

Author : Servet Yalcin,Edgar Orlando Oviedo
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832514863

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Avian incubation conditions: Role in embryo development, physiology and adaptation to the post-hatch environment by Servet Yalcin,Edgar Orlando Oviedo Pdf

Author : Colin G. Scanes
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 1056 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780124072435

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Sturkie's Avian Physiology by Colin G. Scanes Pdf

Sturkie's Avian Physiology is the classic comprehensive single volume on the physiology of domestic as well as wild birds. The Sixth Edition is thoroughly revised and updated, and features several new chapters with entirely new content on such topics as migration, genomics and epigenetics. Chapters throughout have been greatly expanded due to the many recent advances in the field. The text also covers the physiology of flight, reproduction in both male and female birds, and the immunophysiology of birds. The Sixth Edition, like the earlier editions, is a must for anyone interested in comparative physiology, poultry science, veterinary medicine, and related fields. This volume establishes the standard for those who need the latest and best information on the physiology of birds. Includes new chapters on endocrine disruptors, magnetoreception, genomics, proteomics, mitochondria, control of food intake, molting, stress, the avian endocrine system, bone, the metabolic demands of migration, behavior and control of body temperature Features extensively revised chapters on the cardiovascular system, pancreatic hormones, respiration, pineal gland, pituitary gland, thyroid, adrenal gland, muscle, gastro-intestinal physiology, incubation, circadian rhythms, annual cycles, flight, the avian immune system, embryo physiology and control of calcium. Stands out as the only comprehensive, single volume devoted to bird physiology Offers a full consideration of both blood and avian metabolism on the companion website (http://booksite.elsevier.com/ 9780124071605). Tables feature hematological and serum biochemical parameters together with circulating concentrations of glucose in more than 200 different species of wild birds

Author : Robert J. Etches,Ann M. Gibbins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-14
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781351433990

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Manipulation of the Avian Genome by Robert J. Etches,Ann M. Gibbins Pdf

Many genes have been cloned from chicken cells, and during the next decade numerous laboratories will be concentrating their resources in developing ways of using these tools. Manipulation of the Avian Genome contains the most recent information from leading research laboratories in the areas of developmental and molecular genetics of the chicken. This information was presented at the Keystone Symposium held at Lake Tahoe in March, 1991. The book discusses potential applications of emerging technology in basic science and poultry production. Various techniques for altering genomic DNA, such as microinjection, retroviral vectors, and lipofection are covered. Genome evaluation using DNA fingerprinting and conventional breeding techniques are presented.

Author : Raymond J. O'Conner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1984-10-08
Category : Science
ISBN : UCSD:31822002323863

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The Growth and Development of Birds by Raymond J. O'Conner Pdf

The first book to approach the morphological, physiological and behavioral development of birds from an ecological and evolutionary perspective. Following the natural development from embyro to mature bird, it covers traditional topics such as breeding biology, egg and clutch size, and breeding success, but integrates these subjects with recent information on energetics, thermoregulation, and mortality rates. This approach allows new insights into previously unrelated phenomena such as mate recognition, navigational ability, song, sibling aggression and fratricide.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780080925295

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Avian Embryology by Anonim Pdf

This revised edition will continue to serve as the most complete and up-to-date guide to the use of the avian embryo in studies of vertebrate development. It will include new approaches to analysis of the chick genome, gene knock-out studies using RNA interference, morpholinos, and other cutting edge techniques. As with the original edition, emphasis has been placed on providing practical guidance, highlighting potentials and pitfalls of all key cell biological and embryological techniques. *fully revised second edition *organized into basic and advanced Methods *new section on Functional Genomics

Author : John N. Maina
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031351808

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Current Perspectives on the Functional Design of the Avian Respiratory System by John N. Maina Pdf

Birds have and continue to fascinate scientists and the general public. While the avian respiratory system has unremittingly been investigated for nearly five centuries, important aspects on its biology remain cryptic and controversial. In this book, resolving some of the contentious issues, developmental-, structural- and functional aspects of the avian lung-air sac system are particularized: it endeavors to answer following fundamental questions on the biology of birds: how, when and why did birds become what they are? Flight is a unique form of locomotion. It considerably shaped the form and the essence of birds as animals. An exceptionally efficient respiratory system capacitated birds to procure the exceptionally large quantities of oxygen needed for powered (active) flight. Among the extant air-breathing vertebrates, comprising ~11,000 species, birds are the most species-rich-, numerically abundant- and extensively distributed animal taxon. After realizing volancy, they easily overcame geographical obstacles and extensively dispersed into various ecological niches where they underwent remarkable adaptive radiation. While the external morphology of birds is inconceivably uniform for such a considerably speciose taxon, contingent on among other attributes, lifestyle, habitat and phylogenetic level of development have foremost determined the novelties that are displayed by diverse species of birds. Here, critical synthesizes of the most recent findings with the historical ones, evolution and behavior and development, structure and function of the exceptionally elaborate respiratory system of birds are detailed. The prominence of modern birds as a taxon in the Animal Kingdom is underscored. The book should appeal to researchers who are interested in evolutionary processes and how adaptive specializations correlate with biological physiognomies and exigencies, comparative biologists who focus on how various animals have solved respiratory pressures, people who study respiration in birds and other animals and ornithologists who love and enjoy birds for what they are – profoundly interesting animals.

Author : C. Carey
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461304258

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Avian Energetics and Nutritional Ecology by C. Carey Pdf

A symposium held in 1973 chaired and organized by William R. Dawson was the first major attempt to summarize and synthesize the existing information in the then emerging field of avian energetics. The symposium featured papers by James R. King, William A. Calder III, Vance A. Tucker, and Robert E. Ricklefs and com mentaries by George A. Bartholomew, S. Charles Kendeigh, and Eugene P. Odum. The proceedings of the symposium, Avian Energetics (Paynter 1974), played a critical role in stimulating interest and research in the field of avian energetics. Some twenty-odd years later, we are making another attempt to summarize the information in the field of avian energetics. Some obvious differences exist be tween its predecessor and this volume. Numerous improvements in methodology, such as the use of doubly labeled water to estimate metabolism in free-living birds, now allow researchers to ask questions that could not be addressed previ ously. Second, consideration of nutrition is now inseparable from that of energet ics. This merger is necessary not only because food intake is the source of both en ergy and nutrients but also because one or more nutrients, rather than energy, can be limiting for a given species in a particular instance. Finally, the study of ener getics and nutritional ecology, particularly in birds and mammals, has grown so dramatically that a single volume can now only partially cover the range of possi ble topics and can catalogue only a sampling of all the studies on the subject.

Author : Jingmai Kathleen O’Connor,Corwin Sullivan,Daniel J. Field
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889713028

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Early Avian Evolution by Jingmai Kathleen O’Connor,Corwin Sullivan,Daniel J. Field Pdf

Author : John J. Videler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006-08-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 0199299927

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Avian Flight by John J. Videler Pdf

Avian Flight covers all the main aspects of aerial locomotion by birds including sections on the history of thinking about bird flight, aerodynamics, functional morphology, evolution, kinematics, physiology, energetics and the cost of flight. The subject is complex and still not yet fully understood, and the author argues a convincing case for rethinking or even abandoning some of the old, well-established concepts.

Author : Massimiliano Petracci,Sandra G. Velleman
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889717590

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Avian Muscle Development and Growth Mechanisms: Association With Muscle Myopathies and Meat Quality Volume II by Massimiliano Petracci,Sandra G. Velleman Pdf

Author : D. Charles Deeming,Silas James Reynolds
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780198718666

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Nests, Eggs, and Incubation by D. Charles Deeming,Silas James Reynolds Pdf

Avian incubation is a critical part of reproduction and was extensively covered in the OUP book 'Avian Incubation' published in 2002. This new book updates the older one by introducing new concepts that have arisen over the intervening years as well as updating key areas of research. The new book does not replace 'Avian Incubation' but, rather, reinforces and supplements it. Therefore, this book covers four key areas: nest, eggs, incubation, and the study of avian reproduction. It collates and describes a range of recent developments in avian reproduction and brings the field right up to date.