ISBN10: 3319441523, ISBN13: 9783319441528, [publisher: Springer] Hardcover New. US edition. Expediting shipping for all USA and Europe orders excluding PO Box. Excellent Customer Service.
[Irving, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2017]

Cham Springer 2017 2017 ed. Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 250 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Illustrations, color, Tables, color.

ISBN10: 3319441523, ISBN13: 9783319441528, [publisher: Springer International Publishing] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The central focus of this book is the avian respiratory system. The authors explain why the respiratory system of modern birds is built the way it is and works the way that it does. Birds have been and continue to attract particular interest to biologists. The more birds are studied, the more it isappreciated that the existence of human-kind on earth very much depends directly and indirectly on the existence of birds. Regarding the avian respiratory system, published works are scattered in biological journals of fields like physiology, behavior, anatomy/morphology and ecology whileothers appear in as far afield as paleontology and geology. The contributors to this book are world-renowned experts in their various fields of study. Special attention is given to the evolution, the structure, the function and the development of the lung-air sac system. Readers will not onlydiscover the origin of birds but will also learn how the respiratory system of theropod dinosaurs worked and may have transformed into the avian one. In addition, the work explores such aspects as swallowing mechanism in birds, the adaptations that have evolved for flight at extreme altitude and gas exchange in eggs. It is a highly informative and carefully presented work that provides cutting edge scientific insights for readers with an interest in the ...
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ISBN10: 3319441523, ISBN13: 9783319441528, [publisher: Springer International Publishing] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The central focus of this book is the avian respiratory system. The authors explain why the respiratory system of modern birds is built the way it is and works the way that it does. Birds have been and continue to attract particular interest to biologists. The more birds are studied, the more it isappreciated that the existence of human-kind on earth very much depends directly and indirectly on the existence of birds. Regarding the avian respiratory system, published works are scattered in biological journals of fields like physiology, behavior, anatomy/morphology and ecology whileothers appear in as far afield as paleontology and geology. The contributors to this book are world-renowned experts in their various fields of study. Special attention is given to the evolution, the structure, the function and the development of the lung-air sac system. Readers will not onlydiscover the origin of birds but will also learn how the respiratory system of theropod dinosaurs worked and may have transformed into the avian one. In addition, the work explores such aspects as swallowing mechanism in birds, the adaptations that have evolved for flight at extreme altitude and gas exchange in eggs. It is a highly informative and carefully presented work that provides cutting edge scientific insights for readers with an interest in the ...
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ISBN10: 3319441523, ISBN13: 9783319441528, [publisher: Springer] Hardcover New
[Redhill, SURRE, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2017]