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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195106083
ISBN-13
9780195106084
eBay Product ID (ePID)
670956
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
456 Pages
Publication Name
Avian Growth and Development : Evolution Within the Altricial-Precocial Spectrum
Language
English
Publication Year
1998
Subject
Life Sciences / Developmental Biology, Life Sciences / Zoology / Ornithology, Animals / Birds
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Nature, Science
Series
Oxford Ornithology Ser.
Format
Hardcover
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1.4 in
Item Weight
46.2 Oz
Item Length
7 in
Item Width
10.1 in
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College Audience
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Reviews
"When eggs hatch, neonatal birds range from naked, blind, highly altricial songbirds, totally dependent on parental warmth and feeding, through highly precocial megapods that use their fully functional beaks, legs, wings, and brains to dig their way out of incubation mounds, and raise themselves with no parental care. . . . In 17 technical chapters by 20 authors, this volume summarizes many current perspectives on the causes and consequences of this diversity, updating Margaret Nice's classic treatment of the field 40 years ago. . . . In a final, appendix-like chapter, the editors list 1117 estimates of a standard set of four avian growth parameters for 557 species, compiled and derived from the literature. They use these data to analyse growth rate patterns at different taxonomic levels in an earlier chapter. I expect others to use these data to test diverse hypotheses for years to come."--The Quarterly Review of Biology"[T]his book should be present on the shelves of every academic library ... This book focuses on patterns of development throughout the altricial-precocial spectrum. ... The contributions of the editors, who are authors on 9 of the 17 chapters, present many of the freshest ideas and novel analyses that most represent significant advances over previous volumes. Their chapters cover embryonic growth and development, structural variants and invariants in avian development, comparative analyses of and internal constraints on growth, developmental plasticity, models of avian development, and the evolution of avian developmental modes, as well as patterns of development throughout the altricial-precocial spectrum. ... [T]he thorough coverage of the literature, complete list of citations, and plethora of tables make the book a valuable reference. It is an outstanding contribution to the literature on growth and development and will serve as a standard in its field for years to come."--Auk, "When eggs hatch, neonatal birds range from naked, blind, highly altricial songbirds, totally dependent on parental warmth and feeding, through highly precocial megapods that use their fully functional beaks, legs, wings, and brains to dig their way out of incubation mounds, and raise themselves with no parental care. . . . In 17 technical chapters by 20 authors, this volume summarizes many current perspectives on the causes and consequences of this diversity,updating Margaret Nice's classic treatment of the field 40 years ago. . . . In a final, appendix-like chapter, the editors list 1117 estimates of a standard set of four avian growth parameters for 557species, compiled and derived from the literature. They use these data to analyse growth rate patterns at different taxonomic levels in an earlier chapter. I expect others to use these data to test diverse hypotheses for years to come."--The Quarterly Review of Biology"[T]his book should be present on the shelves of every academic library ... This book focuses on patterns of development throughout the altricial-precocial spectrum. ... The contributions of the editors, who are authors on 9 of the 17 chapters, present many of the freshest ideas and novel analyses that most represent significant advances over previous volumes. Their chapters cover embryonic growth and development, structural variants and invariants in aviandevelopment, comparative analyses of and internal constraints on growth, developmental plasticity, models of avian development, and the evolution of avian developmental modes, as well as patterns ofdevelopment throughout the altricial-precocial spectrum. ... [T]he thorough coverage of the literature, complete list of citations, and plethora of tables make the book a valuable reference. It is an outstanding contribution to the literature on growth and development and will serve as a standard in its field for years to come."--Auk"When eggs hatch, neonatal birds range from naked, blind, highly altricial songbirds, totally dependent on parental warmth and feeding, through highly precocial megapods that use their fully functional beaks, legs, wings, and brains to dig their way out of incubation mounds, and raise themselves with no parental care. . . . In 17 technical chapters by 20 authors, this volume summarizes many current perspectives on the causes and consequences of this diversity,updating Margaret Nice's classic treatment of the field 40 years ago. . . . In a final, appendix-like chapter, the editors list 1117 estimates of a standard set of four avian growth parameters for 557species, compiled and derived from the literature. They use these data to analyse growth rate patterns at different taxonomic levels in an earlier chapter. I expect others to use these data to test diverse hypotheses for years to come."--The Quarterly Review of Biology"[T]his book should be present on the shelves of every academic library ... This book focuses on patterns of development throughout the altricial-precocial spectrum. ... The contributions of the editors, who are authors on 9 of the 17 chapters, present many of the freshest ideas and novel analyses that most represent significant advances over previous volumes. Their chapters cover embryonic growth and development, structural variants and invariants in aviandevelopment, comparative analyses of and internal constraints on growth, developmental plasticity, models of avian development, and the evolution of avian developmental modes, as well as patterns ofdevelopment throughout the altricial-precocial spectrum. ... [T]he thorough coverage of the literature, complete list of citations, and plethora of tables make the book a valuable reference. It is an outstanding contribution to the literature on growth and development and will serve as a standard in its field for years to come."--Auk, "[T]his book should be present on the shelves of every academic library ... This book focuses on patterns of development throughout the altricial-precocial spectrum. ... The contributions of the editors, who are authors on 9 of the 17 chapters, present many of the freshest ideas and novelanalyses that most represent significant advances over previous volumes. Their chapters cover embryonic growth and development, structural variants and invariants in avian development, comparative analyses of and internal constraints on growth, developmental plasticity, models of avian development,and the evolution of avian developmental modes, as well as patterns of development throughout the altricial-precocial spectrum. ... [T]he thorough coverage of the literature, complete list of citations, and plethora of tables make the book a valuable reference. It is an outstanding contribution tothe literature on growth and development and will serve as a standard in its field for years to come."--Auk, "[T]his book should be present on the shelves of every academic library... This book focuses on patterns of development throughout thealtricial-precocial spectrum. ... The contributions of the editors, who areauthors on 9 of the 17 chapters, present many of the freshest ideas and novelanalyses that most represent significant advances over previous volumes. Theirchapters cover embryonic growth and development, structural variants andinvariants in avian development, comparative analyses of and internalconstraints on growth, developmental plasticity, models of avian development,and the evolution of avian developmental modes, as well as patterns ofdevelopment throughout the altricial-precocial spectrum. ... [T]he thoroughcoverage of the literature, complete list of citations, and plethora of tablesmake the book a valuable reference. It is an outstanding contribution to theliterature on growth and development and will serve as a standard in its fieldfor years to come."--Auk, "When eggs hatch, neonatal birds range from naked, blind, highly altricial songbirds, totally dependent on parental warmth and feeding, through highly precocial megapods that use their fully functional beaks, legs, wings, and brains to dig their way out of incubation mounds, and raise themselves with no parental care. . . . In 17 technical chapters by 20 authors, this volume summarizes many current perspectives on the causes and consequences of this diversity, updating Margaret Nice's classic treatment of the field 40 years ago. . . . In a final, appendix-like chapter, the editors list 1117 estimates of a standard set of four avian growth parameters for 557 species, compiled and derived from the literature. They use these data to analyse growth rate patterns at different taxonomic levels in an earlier chapter. I expect others to use these data to test diverse hypotheses for years to come."--The Quarterly Review of Biology "[T]his book should be present on the shelves of every academic library ... This book focuses on patterns of development throughout the altricial-precocial spectrum. ... The contributions of the editors, who are authors on 9 of the 17 chapters, present many of the freshest ideas and novel analyses that most represent significant advances over previous volumes. Their chapters cover embryonic growth and development, structural variants and invariants in avian development, comparative analyses of and internal constraints on growth, developmental plasticity, models of avian development, and the evolution of avian developmental modes, as well as patterns of development throughout the altricial-precocial spectrum. ... [T]he thorough coverage of the literature, complete list of citations, and plethora of tables make the book a valuable reference. It is an outstanding contribution to the literature on growth and development and will serve as a standard in its field for years to come."--Auk, "When eggs hatch, neonatal birds range from naked, blind, highly altricialsongbirds, totally dependent on parental warmth and feeding, through highlyprecocial megapods that use their fully functional beaks, legs, wings, andbrains to dig their way out of incubation mounds, and raise themselves with noparental care. . . . In 17 technical chapters by 20 authors, this volumesummarizes many current perspectives on the causes and consequences of thisdiversity, updating Margaret Nice's classic treatment of the field 40 years ago.. . . In a final, appendix-like chapter, the editors list 1117 estimates of astandard set of four avian growth parameters for 557 species, compiled andderived from the literature. They use these data to analyse growth rate patternsat different taxonomic levels in an earlier chapter. I expect others to usethese data to test diverse hypotheses for years to come."--The Quarterly Reviewof Biology, "When eggs hatch, neonatal birds range from naked, blind, highly altricial songbirds, totally dependent on parental warmth and feeding, through highly precocial megapods that use their fully functional beaks, legs, wings, and brains to dig their way out of incubation mounds, and raise themselves with no parental care. . . . In 17 technical chapters by 20 authors, this volume summarizes many current perspectives on the causes and consequences of this diversity, updating Margaret Nice's classic treatment of the field 40 years ago. . . . In a final, appendix-like chapter, the editors list 1117 estimates of a standard set of four avian growth parameters for 557 species, compiled and derived from the literature. They use these data to analyse growth rate patterns at different taxonomic levels in an earlier chapter. I expect others to use these data to test diverse hypotheses for years to come."-- The Quarterly Review of Biology "[T]his book should be present on the shelves of every academic library ... This book focuses on patterns of development throughout the altricial-precocial spectrum. ... The contributions of the editors, who are authors on 9 of the 17 chapters, present many of the freshest ideas and novel analyses that most represent significant advances over previous volumes. Their chapters cover embryonic growth and development, structural variants and invariants in avian development, comparative analyses of and internal constraints on growth, developmental plasticity, models of avian development, and the evolution of avian developmental modes, as well as patterns of development throughout the altricial-precocial spectrum. ... [T]he thorough coverage of the literature, complete list of citations, and plethora of tables make the book a valuable reference. It is an outstanding contribution to the literature on growth and development and will serve as a standard in its field for years to come."-- Auk, "When eggs hatch, neonatal birds range from naked, blind, highly altricial songbirds, totally dependent on parental warmth and feeding, through highly precocial megapods that use their fully functional beaks, legs, wings, and brains to dig their way out of incubation mounds, and raisethemselves with no parental care. . . . In 17 technical chapters by 20 authors, this volume summarizes many current perspectives on the causes and consequences of this diversity, updating Margaret Nice's classic treatment of the field 40 years ago. . . . In a final, appendix-like chapter, theeditors list 1117 estimates of a standard set of four avian growth parameters for 557 species, compiled and derived from the literature. They use these data to analyse growth rate patterns at different taxonomic levels in an earlier chapter. I expect others to use these data to test diversehypotheses for years to come."--The Quarterly Review of Biology
Dewey Edition
20
Series Volume Number
8
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
598.2/3
Table Of Content
Contributors1. Patterns of Development: The Altricial-Precocial Spectrum2. Embryonic Growth and Development3. Structural Variants and Invariants in Avian Embryonic and Postnatal Development4. Energy Metabolism, Gas Exhchange, and Ventilation5. Development of Temperature Regulation6. Development of Locomotion and Endothermy in Altricial and Precocial Birds7. The Endocrine System8. The Immune System9. Development of Behavior10. Variation, Constraint, and Phylogeny. Comparative Analysis of Variation in Growth11. Internal Constraints on Growth in Birds12. Developmental Plasticity13. Genetic Aspects of Growth14. Causes of Growth Variation and Its Consequences for Fitness15. Models for Avian Growth and Development16. The Evolution of the Developmental Mode in Birds17. Data Set of Avian Growth ParametersSystematic IndexSubject Index
Synopsis
This is the first re-appraisal in 50 years of concepts of development made in birds. This book is a case study in evolutionary diversification of life histories. Although birds have a rather uniform body plan and physiology, they exhibit marked variation in development type, parental care, and rate of growth. Altricial birds are fully dependent on their parents for warmth and nutrition and begin posthatching life in a more or less embryonic condition. At theother extreme, such superprecocial species as the megapodes are independent of all parental care from hatching, and the neonate, able to fly, resembles an adult bird. This book thus attempts to presentan integrative perspective of organism biology, ecology, and evolution., This is the first re-appraisal in 50 years of concepts of development made in birds. This book is a case study in evolutionary diversification of life histories. Although birds have a rather uniform body plan and physiology, they exhibit marked variation in development type, parental care, and rate of growth. Altricial birds are fully dependent on their parents for warmth and nutrition and begin posthatching life in a more or less embryonic condition. At the other extreme, such superprecocial species as the megapodes are independent of all parental care from hatching, and the neonate, able to fly, resembles an adult bird. This book thus attempts to present an integrative perspective of organism biology, ecology, and evolution., This is the first re-appraisal in 50 years of concepts of development made in birds. This book is a case study in evolutionary diversification of life histories. Although birds have a rather uniform body plan and physiology, they exhibit marked variation in development type, parental care, and rate of growth. Altricial birds are fully dependent on their parents for warmth and nutrition and begin post-hatching life in a more or less embryonic condition. At the other extreme, such superprecocial species as the megapodes are independent of all parental care from hatching, and the neonate, able to fly, resembles an adult bird. This book thus attempts to present an integrative perspective of organism biology, ecology, and evolution.
LC Classification Number
QL698.A828 1998
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