286 pages

Trim Size 8 1/2 X 10 7/8 in

Copyright 2011

Hardcover, Reference

Academic Press Title

ISBN: 9780123749291

Description

This series of volumes represents a comprehensive and integrated treatment of reproduction in vertebrates from fishes of all sorts through mammals. It is designed to provide a readable, coordinated description of reproductive basics in each group of vertebrates as well as an introduction to the latest trends in reproductive research and our understanding of reproductive events. Whereas each chapter and each volume is intended to stand alone as a review of that topic or vertebrate group, respectively, the volumes are prepared so as to provide a thorough topical treatment across the vertebrates. Terminology has been standardized across the volumes to reduce confusion where multiple names exist in the literature, and a comprehensive glossary of these terms and their alternative names is provided.

Readership

Research and Post-Graduate scientists studying non-human vertebrate physiology, hormones and reproductive biology.
Animal Scientists
Reproductive Physiologists using animals as models for human reproductive research
Libraries and labs in vertebrate physiology, endocrinology and reproductive biology.

Contents

1. Neuroendocrine Control of Reproduction in Birds

Takayoshi Ubuka and George E. Bentley

2. Avian Testicular Structure, Function, and Regulation

Pierre Deviche, Laura L. Hurley, and H. Bobby Fokidis

3. Organization and Functional Dynamics of the Avian Ovary

A.L. Johnson

4. Maternal Hormones in Avian Eggs

Nikolaus von Engelhardt and Ton G.G. Groothuis

5. Stress and Reproduction in Birds

Creagh W. Breuner

6. Hormonal Regulation of Avian Courtship and Mating Behaviors

Lauren V. Riters and Sarah J. Alger

7. Hormones and Regulation of Parental Behavior in Birds

Carol M. Vleck and David Vleck

8. Hormones in Migration and Reproductive Cycles of Birds

Marilyn Ramenofsky

9. Endocrine Disruption of Reproduction in Birds

Mary Ann Ottinger, Karen Dean, and Moira McKernan , Michael J. Quinn, Jr.

Author Information

Edited by David O. Norris, Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. and Kristin H. Lopez, Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.