
- 530 pages
- English
- PDF
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About this book
Biology and Comparative Physiology of Birds, Volume II focuses on the physiology, sexual characteristics, sensory organs, nervous system, and reproduction of birds. The selection first offers information on the central nervous system and sensory organ of birds, as well as cerebralization and related problems, brain, spinal cord, skin, taste, and olfaction. The book then ponders on equilibration, vision, and hearing of birds. Topics include regulation of somatic musculature, sensory structures and their nerves, retina, color vision, and structure of the ear. The publication examines endocrine glands, thymus, and pineal body and sex and secondary sexual characters, including genetic sex and sex differentiation, adrenal and parathyroid glands, and pituitary or hypophysis. The text also takes a look at energy metabolism, thermoregulation, body temperature, reproduction, breeding seasons and migration, and flight of birds. The selection is a vital source of information for readers interested in the physiology of birds.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Biology and Comparative Physiology of Birds
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Contributors to Volume II
- Contents of Volume I
- CHAPTER XIII. The Central Nervous System
- CHAPTER XIV. Part I. Sensory Organs: Skin, Taste and Olfaction
- CHAPTER XIV. Part II. Sensory Organs: Equilibration
- CHAPTER XV. Part I. Sensory Organs: Vision
- CHAPTER XV. Part II. Sensory Organs: Hearing
- CHAPTER XVI. Endocrine Glands, Thymus and Pineal Body
- CHAPTER XVII. Sex and Secondary Sexual Characters
- CHAPTER XVIII. Reproduction
- CHAPTER XIX. Energy Metabolism, Thermorégulation and Body Temperature
- CHAPTER XX. Flight
- CHAPTER XXI. Breeding Seasons and Migration
- CHAPTER XXII. Long-Distance Orientation
- CHAPTER XXIII. Behavior
- CHAPTER XXIV. Bird Populations
- Author Index
- Subject Index