LEADER 04107nam 22005175 450 001 9910253929003321 005 20240110125136.0 010 $a3-319-44153-1 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-44153-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000001186112 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-44153-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4851702 035 $a(PPN)200514083 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001186112 100 $a20170428d2017 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Biology of the Avian Respiratory System $eEvolution, Development, Structure and Function /$fedited by John N. Maina 205 $a1st ed. 2017. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (XVIII, 250 p. 132 illus., 102 illus. in color.) 311 $a3-319-44152-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aThe Evolution of Birds with Implications from new Fossil Evidences -- The Avian Lingual and Laryngeal Apparatus within the Jaw Apparatus and in Comparison with the Mammalian Condition: Functional Morphology and Biomechanics of Evaporative Cooling, Feeding, Drinking, and Vocalization -- Pulmonary Transformations of Vertebrates -- Flying High: The Unique Physiology of Birds that Fly at High Altitudes -- Molecular Aspects of Avian Lung Development -- Development of the Airways and the Vasculature in the Lungs of Birds -- Structure and Function of Avian Pulmonary Capillaries: Comparison with Mammals -- Functional Design of the Mature Avian respiratory System -- Structure and Function of the Shell and the Chorioallantoic Membrane of the Avian Egg: Embryonic Respiration. 330 $aThe central focus of this book is the avian respiratory system. The authors explain why the respiratory system of modern birds is built the way it is and works the way that it does. Birds have been and continue to attract particular interest to biologists. The more birds are studied, the more it is appreciated that the existence of human-kind on earth very much depends directly and indirectly on the existence of birds. Regarding the avian respiratory system, published works are scattered in biological journals of fields like physiology, behavior, anatomy/morphology and ecology while others appear in as far afield as paleontology and geology. The contributors to this book are world-renowned experts in their various fields of study. Special attention is given to the evolution, the structure, the function and the development of the lung-air sac system. Readers will not only discover the origin of birds but will also learn how the respiratory system of theropod dinosaurs worked and may have transformed into the avian one. In addition, the work explores such aspects as swallowing mechanism in birds, the adaptations that have evolved for flight at extreme altitude and gas exchange in eggs. It is a highly informative and carefully presented work that provides cutting edge scientific insights for readers with an interest in the respiratory biology and the evolution of birds. 606 $aAnimal physiology 606 $aEvolutionary biology 606 $aDevelopmental biology 606 $aAnimal Physiology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L33030 606 $aEvolutionary Biology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L21001 606 $aDevelopmental Biology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L18000 615 0$aAnimal physiology. 615 0$aEvolutionary biology. 615 0$aDevelopmental biology. 615 14$aAnimal Physiology. 615 24$aEvolutionary Biology. 615 24$aDevelopmental Biology. 676 $a571.1 702 $aMaina$b John N$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910253929003321 996 $aThe Biology of the Avian Respiratory System$91928386 997 $aUNINA