Avian Energetics and Nutritional Ecology

Avian Energetics and Nutritional Ecology

Edited by Cynthia Carey Publisher: Chapman & Hall, 1996 ISBN-10: 1461380464 ISBN-13: 978-1461380467 543 pages

This volume analyzes the extremely energetic lifestyle of birds. Birds invest a large amount of energy flying, migrating, in parental care, and in reproducing. Leading researchers describe energy use by birds, and each chapter discusses the ecological implication of the topic and as far as possible describes the molecular and cellular mechanism behind each adaptation. Included are chapters on nutrition, digestion and feeding, metabolism, thermoregulation, hypometabolism, starvation, flight, moulting, foraging, migratory fattening, reproduction, incubation, embryonic development, post-natal growth, and populational energetics.

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