LEADER 03619nam 2200469 450 001 9910760293303321 005 20231123021310.0 010 $a3-031-14852-5 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-14852-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30874611 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30874611 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-14852-1 035 $a(EXLCZ)9928781933200041 100 $a20231123d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIn a Class of Their Own$hVolume 1 $eA Detailed Examination of Avian Forms and Functions /$fGary Ritchison 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cSpringer,$d[2023] 210 4$dİ2023 215 $a1 online resource (2516 pages) 225 1 $aFascinating Life Sciences Series 311 08$aPrint version: Ritchison, Gary In a Class of Their Own Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031148514 327 $aChapter 1. Origin and Evolution of Birds -- Chapter 2. Skeleton and Skeletal Muscles -- Chapter 3. Integument -- Chapter 4. Nervous System -- Chapter 5. Locating, Ingesting, and Digesting Food -- Chapter 6. Cardiovascular and Immune Systems -- Chapter 7. Respiration -- Chapter 8. Endocrine System -- Chapter 9. Urinary System, Salt Glands, and Osmoregulation -- Chapter 10. Energy Balance and Thermoregulation -- Chapter 11. Avian Locomotion: Flying, Running, Walking, Climbing, Swimming, and Diving -- Chapter 12. Sound and Vocal Production and Function -- Chapter 13. Migration -- Chapter 14. Navigation and Orientation -- Chapter 15. Mating Systems -- Chapter 16. Avian Reproduction: Timing, Anatomy, and Eggs -- Chapter 17. Avian Reproduction: Nests and Nest Sites -- Chapter 18. Avian Reproduction: Clutch Sizes, Incubation, and Hatching -- Chapter 19. Avian Reproduction: Post-hatching Parental Care and Blood Parasitism. 330 $aWith more than 10,000 species that vary in size, use diverse habitats that extend across latitudes and altitudes, consume a wide variety of food items, differ in how they fly (or not), communicate, and reproduce, and have different life histories, birds exhibit remarkable variation in form (anatomy) and function (physiology). Our understanding of how natural selection has generated this variation as birds evolved and as different species adapted to their unique circumstances has grown considerably in recent years. In In a Class of Their Own: A Detailed Examination of Avian Forms and Functions, this variation is explained in great detail, beginning with an overview of avian evolution and continuing with information about the structure and function of the avian skeleton, muscles, and the various body systems. Other chapters focus on avian locomotion (including flight), migration, navigation, communication, energy balance and thermoregulation, and various aspects of avian reproduction, such as nests and nest building, clutch sizes, and parental care. In a Class of Their Own: A Detailed Examination of Avian Forms and Functions will be must reading for anyone, professional or non-professional, who needs or wants to learn more about birds. 410 0$aFascinating life sciences. 606 $aBirds$xAnatomy 606 $aBirds$xPhysiology 615 0$aBirds$xAnatomy. 615 0$aBirds$xPhysiology. 676 $a571.318 700 $aRitchison$b Gary$01437591 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910760293303321 996 $aIn a Class of Their Own$93598264 997 $aUNINA