A recent rapid expansion in our knowledge of embryonic development in birds and reptiles has created a need for a book that comprehensively reviews and synthesizes data relating to incubation effects on the embryonic development of these two vertebrate classes. The contributors to this book aptly deal with these issues in logical parts. The first deals with the structure, shape, and function of eggs. The second examines the effects of the four main parameters, e.g. temperature, water relations, respiratory gas exchange, and turning, on the process of incubation. The third section deals with early embryonic development and the methods used to investigate and manipulate the embryo. Further chapters deal with estivation, megapodes, and oviparity.
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"...an authoritative summary of achievements in the physiological ecology of egg incubation of birds and reptiles, not only reviewing recent developments in this field but defining areas for inquiry. It is exactly what is required for advances in our understanding of the physiology and evolution of the amniote egg." Barry Sinervo, Science
"This authoritative work stands as a comprehensive guide to a changing field, and will prove valuable to individuals in developmental biology, physiology, ecology, evolutionary biology, wildlife management, and other zoological disciplines." Choice
"As stated in the preface, 'this book...aims to be a comprehensive review of relevant and avian embryonic data: a text designed as a reference guide for the next few years.' The coverage is actually broader than that, and the book serves its purpose well." Thomas R. Howell, Journal of Field Ornithology
"This authoritative work stands as a comprehensive guide to a changing field, and will prove valuable to individuals in developmental biology, physiology, ecology, evolutionary biology, wildlife management, and other zoological disciplines." Choice
"As stated in the preface, 'this book...aims to be a comprehensive review of relevant and avian embryonic data: a text designed as a reference guide for the next few years.' The coverage is actually broader than that, and the book serves its purpose well." Thomas R. Howell, Journal of Field Ornithology
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This book reviews comprehensively incubation effects on embryonic development in birds and reptiles and presents the first ever synthesis of data from these two vertebrate classes. International experts in each field have contributed to this extensively referenced volume and it will be of great interest not only to research biologists, but also to bird and reptile breeders.
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The relationship between the nutrient content of the maternal diet and egg production and hatchability has been studied for many nutrients in the domestic fowl (Gallus gallus) (Beer, 1969; Naber, 1979; Anon, 1979). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
brood patch temperature, water vapour conductance, chick embryonic chorioallantoic membrane, patch heat inputs, egg water loss, hydric microclimate, embryonic snapping turtles, uterine retention, diffusive water loss, incubation water loss, ocellata eggs, vapour conductance values, yolk lipid uptake, simulated egg, initial egg mass, albumen utilisation, systemic calcium deficiency, oviparous squamates, water potentials drier, johnstoni embryos, shell conductance, entering isthmus, fowl embryo, fresh egg mass, mean egg temperature Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Physiological Zoology, Poultry Science, Biology of the Reptilia, John Wiley, American Zoologist, Respiration Physiology, Academic Press, Journal of Comparative Physiology, American Naturalist, Surrey Beatty Pty Ltd, Chipping Norton, Journal of Experimental Biology, Anatomical Record, Biological Reviews, Soil Science Society of America, Cambridge University Press, Junk Publishers, American Journal of Physiology, Museum of Natural History, New South Wales, Australian Wildlife Research, Proceedings of the Royal Society, References Ackerman, Plenum Press New!
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The relationship between the nutrient content of the maternal diet and egg production and hatchability has been studied for many nutrients in the domestic fowl (Gallus gallus) (Beer, 1969; Naber, 1979; Anon, 1979). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
brood patch temperature, water vapour conductance, chick embryonic chorioallantoic membrane, patch heat inputs, egg water loss, hydric microclimate, embryonic snapping turtles, uterine retention, diffusive water loss, incubation water loss, ocellata eggs, vapour conductance values, yolk lipid uptake, simulated egg, initial egg mass, albumen utilisation, systemic calcium deficiency, oviparous squamates, water potentials drier, johnstoni embryos, shell conductance, entering isthmus, fowl embryo, fresh egg mass, mean egg temperature Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Physiological Zoology, Poultry Science, Biology of the Reptilia, John Wiley, American Zoologist, Respiration Physiology, Academic Press, Journal of Comparative Physiology, American Naturalist, Surrey Beatty Pty Ltd, Chipping Norton, Journal of Experimental Biology, Anatomical Record, Biological Reviews, Soil Science Society of America, Cambridge University Press, Junk Publishers, American Journal of Physiology, Museum of Natural History, New South Wales, Australian Wildlife Research, Proceedings of the Royal Society, References Ackerman, Plenum Press New!
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- Physiology and Biochemistry of the Domestic Fowl, Volume 4 (Physiology & Biochemistry of the Domestic Fowl) by Author Unknown on page 12, page 45, and page 52
- Form and Function in Birds (Form & Function in Birds) Volume1 by A. S. King on page 42, page 98, and page 115
- Complex Organismal Functions: Integration and Evolution in Vertebrates by D. B. Wake on page 42, page 368, and page 369
- Developmnt avian embryo by Freeman on page 273, and page 321
- Biological Mineralization and Demineralization by G.H. Nancollas on page 67, and page 68
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- Amniote Origins: Completing the Transition to Land by Stuart Sumida on 6 pages
- Eggs, Nests, and Baby Dinosaurs: A Look at Dinosaur Reproduction (Life of the Past) by Kenneth Carpenter on 4 pages
- The Ostrich: (Cabi) by Denis C Deeming on page 187, page 188, and page 190
- Biology of Sea Turtles, Vol. 1 by Peter L. Lutz on page 103, page 104, and page 105
- Basic Instinct: The Genesis of Behavior by Mark S. Blumberg in Back Matter
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