Introduction To The Skeleton Of Hummingbirds Aves Apodiformes Trochilidae In Functional And Phylogenetic Contexts

Author : Richard Laurence Zusi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780943610962
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to the Skeleton of Hummingbirds (Aves: Apodiformes, Trochilidae) in Functional and Phylogenetic Contexts written by Richard Laurence Zusi and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historically, comparative study of the skeleton of hummingbirds has focused on systematics, emphasizing differences between hummingbirds and other birds and only rarely addressing differences within Trochilidae. This monograph covers both approaches, and comparisons within Trochilidae are framed within recently published, plausible phylogenetic hypotheses. The data are derived mainly from museum collections of anatomical specimens, covering 256 species of 102 genera of hummingbirds, and 11 genera of other Apodiformes. Although the syringeal skeleton is included, emphasis is on the axial and appendicular skeletons.

Author : Gary Ritchison
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031148525
Total Pages : 2516 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In a Class of Their Own written by Gary Ritchison and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-11-06 with total page 2516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With 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.

Author : Vincent L. Bels
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031114418
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Convergent Evolution written by Vincent L. Bels and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-03-01 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a series of case studies, at different levels of inclusivity, of how organisms exhibit functional convergence as a key evolutionary mechanism resulting in responses to similar environmental constraints in mechanically similar ways. The contributors to this volume have selected and documented cases of convergent evolution of form and function that are perceived to be driven by environmental abiotic and/or biotic challenges that fall within their areas of expertise. Collectively these chapters explore this phenomenon across a broad phylogenetic spectrum. The sequence of chapters follows the organizational principle of increasing phylogenetic inclusivity, rather than the clustering of chapters by perceived similarity of the phenotypic features or biomechanical challenges being considered. This is done to maintain focus on the evolutionary phenomenon that is the primary subject matter of the book, thereby providing a basis for discussion among the readership about what is necessary and sufficient to justify the recognition of functional convergence. All chapters stress the need for integrative approaches for the elucidation of both pattern and process as they relate to convergence at various taxonomic levels.

Author : Vincent Bels
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030137392
Total Pages : 865 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Feeding in Vertebrates written by Vincent Bels and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 865 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides students and researchers with reviews of biological questions related to the evolution of feeding by vertebrates in aquatic and terrestrial environments. Based on recent technical developments and novel conceptual approaches, the book covers functional questions on trophic behavior in nearly all vertebrate groups including jawless fishes. The book describes mechanisms and theories for understanding the relationships between feeding structure and feeding behavior. Finally, the book demonstrates the importance of adopting an integrative approach to the trophic system in order to understand evolutionary mechanisms across the biodiversity of vertebrates.

Author : William Charles Linnæus MARTIN
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A general history of humming-birds, or the Trochilidæ written by William Charles Linnæus MARTIN and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Gould
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to the Trochilidae, Or Family of Humming-birds written by John Gould and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consists of the introductory matter of Gould's Monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds (London, 1861).

Author : John Gould
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ISBN 13 : 9781436775472
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to the Trochilidae written by John Gould and published by . This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : Lisa A. Tell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781929330447
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hummingbird (Family Trochilidae) Research: Welfare-Conscious Study Techniques for Live Hummingbirds and Processing of Hummingbird Specimens written by Lisa A. Tell and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gerald Mayr
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540896287
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paleogene Fossil Birds written by Gerald Mayr and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-04-21 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the present book the Paleogene fossil record of birds is detailed for the first time on a worldwide scale. I have developed the idea for such a project for several years, and think that it is an appropriate moment to present a summary of our c- rent knowledge of the early evolution of modern birds. Meanwhile not only is there a confusing diversity of fossil taxa, but also significant progress has been made concerning an understanding of the higher-level phylogeny of extant birds. Hypotheses which were not considered even a decade ago are now well supported by independent analyses of different data. In several cases these group together morphologically very different avian groups and allow a better understanding of the mosaic character distribution found in Paleogene fossil birds. The book aims at bringing some of this information together, and many of the following data are based on first-hand examination of fossil specimens.

Author : Daniel Giraud Elliot
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 17 pages
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Download or read book List of Described Species of Humming Birds written by Daniel Giraud Elliot and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: