Overview
- Most detailed available book about the anatomy and physiology of birds
- Numerous figures and graphs to help readers better understand the information presented
- Detailed information is provided in a manner easily understood even by non-experts
Part of the book series: Fascinating Life Sciences (FLS)
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With more than 10,000 species that vary in size, use diverse habitats that extend across latitudes and altitudes, consume a wide variety of food items, differ in how they fly (or not), communicate, and reproduce, and have different life histories, birds exhibit remarkable variation in form (anatomy) and function (physiology). Our understanding of how natural selection has generated this variation as birds evolved and as different species adapted to their unique circumstances has grown considerably in recent years. In In a Class of Their Own: A Detailed Examination of Avian Forms and Functions, this variation is explained in great detail, beginning with an overview of avian evolution and continuing with information about the structure and function of the avian skeleton, muscles, and the various body systems. Other chapters focus on avian locomotion (including flight), migration, navigation, communication, energy balance and thermoregulation, and various aspects of avian reproduction, such as nests and nest building, clutch sizes, and parental care. In a Class of Their Own: A Detailed Examination of Avian Forms and Functions will be must reading for anyone, professional or non-professional, who needs or wants to learn more about birds.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: In a Class of Their Own
Book Subtitle: A Detailed Examination of Avian Forms and Functions
Authors: Gary Ritchison
Series Title: Fascinating Life Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14852-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-14851-4Published: 07 November 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-14852-1Published: 06 November 2023
Series ISSN: 2509-6745
Series E-ISSN: 2509-6753
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 2506
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Animal Physiology, Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology, Animal Ecology, Vertebrates, Behavioral Sciences