Avian Biology (Volumes 2, 3, 5 - 8)

Avian Biology. Volume 2

Edited by Donald S. Farner, James R. King and Kenneth C. Parkes Publisher: Academic Press, 1972 ISBN-10: 148323861X ISBN-13: 978-1483238616 612 pages

Topics of this volume: The Integument of Birds; Patterns of Molting; Mechanisms and Control of Molt; The Blood-Vascular System of Birds; Respiratory Function in Birds; Digestion and the Digestive System; The Nutrition of Birds; The Intermediary Metabolism of Birds; Osmoregulation and Excretion in Birds.

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Avian Biology. Volume 3

Edited by Donald S. Farner, James R. King and Kenneth C. Parkes Publisher: Academic Press, 1973 ISBN-10: 0122494032 ISBN-13: 978-0122494031 573 pages

Topics of this volume: Reproduction in Birds; The Adenohypophysis; The Peripheral Endocrine Glands; Neuroendocrinology in Birds; Avian Vision; Chemoreception; Mechanoreception; Behavior.

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Avian Biology. Volume 5

Edited by Donald S. Farner, James R. King and Kenneth C. Parkes Publisher: Academic Press, 1975 ISBN-10: 0122494059 ISBN-13: 978-0122494055 523 pages

Topics of this volume: Mechanics of Flight; Migration: Control and Metabolic; Migration: Orientation and Navigation; Circadian and Circannual Rhythms in Birds; Vocal Behavior in Birds; Incubation; Zoogeography.

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Avian Biology. Volume 6

Edited by Donald S. Farner, James R. King and Kenneth C. Parkes Publisher: Academic Press, 1982 ISBN-10: 1483238644 ISBN-13: 978-1483238647 490 pages

Topics of this volume: Avian Mating Systems; The Ecology and Evolution of Avian Migration Systems; Social Organization in the Nonreproductive Season; The Uropygial Gland; Stomach Oils; The Glycogen Body; Domestication in Birds; Respiration and Control of Breathing.

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Avian Biology. Volume 7

Edited by Donald S. Farner, James R. King and Kenneth C. Parkes Publisher: Academic Press, 1983 ISBN-10: 0122494075 ISBN-13: 978-0122494079 542 pages

Written by international experts from many disciplines, this multi-volume treatise is a comprehensive survey of the established data and principles of avian biology. The volumes thoroughly review knowledge of the 8600 living species of birds-knowledge resulting from advances in instrumentation and technology and improved transportation facilities that permit more detailed, far-ranging field studies than ever before. The emphasis is on the significance of avian biological research to such areas of biology as ethology, ecology, population biology, evolutionary biology, and physiological ecology. • avian postnatal development • the ontogeny of avian behavior • avian ecological energetics • hormonal correlates of behavior • the biology of avian parasites: helminths • bursa of fabricius

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Avian Biology. Volume 8

Edited by Donald S. Farner, James R. King and Kenneth C. Parkes Publisher: Academic Press, 1985 ISBN-10: 0124334873 ISBN-13: 978-0124334878 256 pages

Topics of this volume: adaptive significance of coloniality; fossil record of birds.

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