Avian growth and development : evolution within the altricial-precocial spectrum /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1998.
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| Series: | Oxford ornithology series ;
8. |
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Table of Contents:
- Patterns of development: the altricial-precocial spectrum / J. Matthias Starck and Robert E. Ricklefs
- Embryonic growth and development / Robert E. Ricklefs and J. Matthias Starck
- Structural variants and invariants in avian embryonic and postnatal development / J. Matthias Starck
- Energy metabolism, gas exchange, and ventilation / Carol M. Vleck and Theresa L. Bucher
- Development of temperature regulation / G. Henk Visser
- Development of locomotion and endothermy in altricial and precocial birds / Esa Hohtola and G. Henk Visser
- The endocrine system / F.M. Anne McNabb, Colin G. Scanes, and Michal Zeman
- The immune system / Victor Apanius
- Development of behavior / Heinz Düttmann, H. Heiner Bergmann, and Wiltraud Engländer
- Variation, constraint, and phylogeny. Comparative analysis of variation in growth / J. Matthias Starck and Robert E. Ricklefs
- Internal constraints on growth in birds / Robert E. Ricklefs, J. Matthias Starck, and Marek Konarzewski
- Developmental plasticity / William A. Schew and Robert E. Ricklefs
- Genetic aspects of growth / Arie van Noordwijk and Henry L. Marks
- Causes of growth variation and its consequences for fitness / Sabine Gebhardt-Henrich and Heinz Richner
- Models for avian growth and development / Marek Konarzewski, Sebaastian A.L.M. Kooijman, and Robert E. Ricklefs
- The evolution of the developmental mode in birds / Robert E. Ricklefs and J. Matthias Starck
- Data set of avian growth parameters / J. Matthias Starck and Robert E. Ricklefs.