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001483966 1001_ $$aRitchison, Gary,$$eauthor.
001483966 24510 $$aIn a class of their own :$$ba detailed examination of avian forms and functions /$$cGary Ritchison.
001483966 264_1 $$aCham :$$bSpringer,$$c[2023]
001483966 264_4 $$c©2023
001483966 300__ $$a1 online resource (xvii, 2506 pages) :$$billustrations.
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001483966 4901_ $$aFascinating life sciences
001483966 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references.
001483966 5050_ $$aIntro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1: Origin and Evolution of Birds -- 1.1 Early Ideas About the Origin and Evolution of Birds -- 1.2 Current Views About the Origin and Evolution of Birds -- 1.3 Early Events in the Evolution of Birds -- Box 1.1 Unidirectional Lung Ventilation -- 1.4 The Age of Dinosaurs -- Box 1.2 A New Dinosaur Family Tree? -- 1.5 Theropods: Coelurosaurs -- 1.6 Theropod Locomotion -- Box 1.3 Avian Forelimb Digits -- 1.7 Bones and Growth Rates -- Box 1.4 Evolution of Endothermy -- 1.8 Body Size -- 1.9 Limb Length -- 1.10 Digestive and Reproductive Systems
001483966 5058_ $$a1.11 Avian and Non-avian Theropods -- 1.12 The First Birds -- Box 1.5 Loss of Teeth -- Box 1.6 Evolution of the Avian Sternum -- Box 1.7 Flying Ability of Mesozoic Birds -- 1.13 Ornithuromorpha (Also Known as Euornithes) -- 1.14 Neornithines -- Box 1.8 The K/Pg Mass Extinction -- Box 1.9 Avian Tree of Life -- Box 1.10 Palaeognathae Evolution -- Box 1.11 Galloanseres Phylogeny -- Box 1.12 Limits to Phylogenetic Resolution -- Box 1.13 Who Survived the End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction and Why? -- Box 1.14 Strisores Phylogeny -- 1.15 Diversification After the K-Pg Mass Extinction -- 1.16 Passeriformes
001483966 5058_ $$aBox 1.15 Avian Interchange Across the Panama Land Bridge -- 1.17 Present-Day Birds -- Box 1.16 Zoogeographical Realms -- Box 1.17 Seabirds -- References -- 2: Skeleton and Skeletal Muscles -- 2.1 Bone Structure -- Box 2.1 Bone Microstructure -- 2.2 Evolution of the Avian Skeleton -- 2.3 Pectoral Girdle and Forelimb -- 2.4 Pelvic Girdle and Hindlimb -- Box 2.2 Which Digits Were Lost? -- Box 2.3 Evolution of the Avian Wrist -- Box 2.4 Avian Humeri -- 2.5 Axial Skeleton -- 2.5.1 Skull -- 2.5.2 Teeth -- 2.5.3 Cranial Kinesis -- Box 2.5 Mandibular Bowing of Pelicans
001483966 5058_ $$aBox 2.6 Darwinś Finches, Adaptive Radiation, and Evolution -- Box 2.7 Hawaiian Honeycreepers -- 2.5.4 Sternum and Rib Cage -- Box 2.8 Bony Cranial Protuberances of Birds -- Box 2.9 Rapid Adaptive Evolution of Bill Length -- 2.5.5 Vertebral Column -- Box 2.10 Variation in Avian Sternums -- Box 2.11 Neck Length and Body Mass: Birds vs. Mammals -- 2.5.6 Vertebral Column-Tail -- 2.6 Avian Skeletal Muscles -- 2.6.1 Flexibility in Muscle Mass -- Box 2.12 Pygostyle Morphology -- 2.6.2 Fiber Types -- Box 2.13 Skeletal Muscle Anatomy and Function -- Box 2.14 Superfast Muscles of Some Manakins
001483966 5058_ $$a2.6.3 Locomotion -- Box 2.15 Myosin Isoforms -- Box 2.16 Divided Pectoralis of Soaring Birds -- 2.6.4 Feeding -- Box 2.17 Marvelous Tails (and Rectricial Bulbs) of Marvelous Spatuletails -- 2.6.5 Extrinsic Eyeball Muscles -- 2.6.6 Vocalizing -- 2.6.7 Thermoregulation -- Box 2.18 Woodpecker Drumming Muscles -- References -- 3: Integument -- 3.1 Skin: Structure and Function -- Box 3.1 Evolution of Avian Skin -- 3.2 Unfeathered and Colored Skin -- 3.3 Specialized Epidermal Structures -- 3.4 Cutaneous Nervous System -- 3.5 Podotheca -- 3.6 Spurs -- 3.7 Claws -- 3.8 Rhamphotheca -- Box 3.2 Keratins
001483966 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users.
001483966 520__ $$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.
001483966 588__ $$aOnline resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 17, 2023).
001483966 650_0 $$aBirds$$xPhysiology.
001483966 650_0 $$aBirds$$xAnatomy.
001483966 650_6 $$aOiseaux$$xPhysiologie.
001483966 650_6 $$aOiseaux$$xAnatomie.
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001483966 830_0 $$aFascinating life sciences.
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