Overview
Explores and answers fundamental questions of the development, structure, and function of the bird lung
Profusely illustrated, it gives considerable clarity on the structure of the avian respiratory system, explaining how and why the organ works the way that it does
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
In biology, few organs have been as elusive as the lung-air sac system of birds. Considerable progress has recently been made to fill the gaps in the knowledge. While summarizing and building on earlier observations and ideas, this book provides cutting-edge details on the development, structure, function, and the evolutionary design of the avian respiratory system. Outlining the mechanisms and principles through which biological complexity and functional novelty have been crafted in a unique gas exchanger, this account will provoke further inquiries on the many still uncertain issues. The specific goal here was to highlight the uniqueness of the design of the avian respiratory system and the factors that obligated it.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Lung-Air Sac System of Birds
Book Subtitle: Development, Structure, and Function
Authors: John N. Maina
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29727-8
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-25595-6Published: 22 September 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-06501-9Published: 14 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-29727-7Published: 28 December 2005
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 210
Number of Illustrations: 89 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Animal Physiology, Zoology, Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology, Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography