Sturkie's avian physiology / edited by Colin G. Scanes, Sami Dridi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scanes, C. G., editor.

Dridi, Sami, editor.

Sturkie, Paul D.

Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birds--Physiology.

Birds.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 1430 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Edition:

Seventh edition.

Other Title:

Avian physiology

Place of Publication:

London, United Kingdom : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2022]

Contents:

Part I. Undergirding Themes. 1. The importance of avian physiology / John C. Wingfield ; 2. Avian genomics / Hans H. Cheng, Wesley C. Warren and Huaijun Zhou ; 3. Transcriptomic analysis of physiological systems / Tom E. Porter ; 4. Avian proteomics / Alison Ferver, Shane C. Burgess, Colin G. Scanes and Sami Dridi ; 5. Avian metabolomics / Lindsay P. Brown, Amanda L. May, Alexander R. Fisch, Shawn R. Campagna and Brynn H. Voy ; 6. Mitochondrial physiology / Walter Gay Bottje ; 7. Evolution of birds / Daniel T. Ksepka ; 8. Domestication of poultry / Paul B. Siegel, Christa T. Honaker and Colin G. Scanes

Part II. Sensory Biology and Nervous System Theme. 9. The avian somatosensory system : a comparative view / J. Martin Wild ; 10. Avian vision / Graham R. Martin ; 11. Avian hearing / Christine Köppl ; 12. Chemesthesis and olfaction / Larry Clark and Cynthia A. Smeraski ; 13. Taste in birds / Shira L. Cheled Shoval, Zehava Uni and Colin G. Scanes ; 14. Avian nociception and pain / N.J. Beausoleil, S.E. Holdsworth and H. Lehmann ; 15. Magnetoreception in birds and its use for long-distance migration / Henrik Mouritsen ; 16. The avian subpallium and autonomic nervous system / Wayne J. Kuenzel and Alexander Jurkevich

Part III. Organ Systems Theme. 18. The cardiovascular system / Colin G. Scanes ; 19. Renal and extrarenal regulation of body fluid composition / David L. Goldstein ; 20. Respiration / Frank L. Powell ; 21. Gastrointestinal anatomy and physiology / Monika Proszkowiec-Weglarz ; 21A. Functional properties of avian intestinal cells / Eric A. Wong ; 22. Avian bone physiology and poultry bone disorders / Narayan C. Rath and Vijay Durairaj ; 23. Skeletal muscle / Orna Halevy and Sandra G. Velleman ; 24. Immunophysiology of the avian immune system / Michael H. Kogut

Part IV. Metabolism Theme. 25. Carbohydrate metabolism / Colin G. Scanes ; 26. Adipose tissue and lipid metabolism / Nadia Everaert, Eddy Decuypere and Johan Buyse ; 27. Protein metabolism / Colin G. Scanes and Sami Dridi ; 28. Food intake regulation / Mark A. Cline, Mike Denbow, Elizabeth Gilbert and Sami Dridi

Part V. Endocrine Theme. 29. Overviews of avian neuropeptides and peptides / Yajun Want ; 30. Pituitary gland / Colin G. Scanes ; 31. Thyroid gland / Veerle M. Darras ; 32. Mechanisms and hormonal regulation of shell formation: supply of ionic and organic precursors, shell mineralization / Yves Nys, Joel Gautron, Alejandro B. Rodriguez-Navarro and Maxwell Hincke ; 33. Adrenals / Rocco V. Carsia ; 34. Endocrine pancreas / Joëlle Dupont, Nicole Rideau and Jean Simon

Part VI. Reproductive Theme. 35. Reproduction in the female / Anna Hrabia ; 36. Reproduction in male birds / Jorge A. Vizcarra, Natalia Cerón-Romero, Nurudeen Taofeek and John Kirby ; 37. The physiology of the avian embryo / Casey A. Mueller, Warren W. Burggren and Hiroshi Tazawa

Part VII. Cross Cutting Themes. 38. Stress ecophysiology / Julio Blass and Graham D. Fairhurst ; 39. Avian welfare: fundamental concepts and scientific assessment / N.J. Beausoleil, D.E.F. MKeegan and J.E. Martin ; 40. Reproductive behavior / Elizabeth S. Greene, Pierre Deviche and Sami Dridi ; 41. Growth / Colin G. Scanes, Nima K. Emami and Sami Dridi ; 42. Circadian rhythms / Vincent M. Cassone and Vinod Kumar ; 43. Circannual cycles and photoperiodism / Vincent M. Cassone and Takashi Yoshimura ; 44. Annual schedules / Helen E. Chmura, Elizabeth M. Schultz, Kathleen R. Brazeal, Heather E. Watts, Scott A. MacDougall-Shackleton, Thomas P. Hahn and Jamie M. Cornelius ; 45. Regulation of body temperature: patterns and processes / Andrew E. McKechnie ; 46. Flight / Charles M. Bishop and Christopher G. Guglielmo ; 47. Physiological challenges of migration / Scott R. McWilliams, Marilyn Ramenofsky and Barbara J. Pierce ; 48. Actions of toxicants and endocrine disrupting chemicals in birds / Mary Ann Ottinger and Karen D.M. Dean.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.

Related Work:

Sturkie, Paul D. Avian physiology.

ISBN:

0128197706

9780128197707

OCLC:

1201675756