Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Birds - Bicudo, J. Eduardo P. W. (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil) a Buttemer, William A. (University of Wollongong, Australia) a Chappell, Mark A. (University of California, Riverside, USA) a Pearson, James T. (Monash University, Australia) a Bech, Claus (Norwegian Univ

This is the first book to examine avian physiology in detail as it relates to the environment. As with other books in the Ecological and Environmental Physiology Series, the emphasis is on the unique physiological characteristics of birds, although experimental techniques and future research directions are also considered.