Feathers at a Fine Scale
Author : Matthew D. Shawkey
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Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2005
Category : Bacillus (Bacteria)
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Author : Matthew D. Shawkey
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,91 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Bacillus (Bacteria)
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Page : 116 pages
File Size : 20,74 MB
Release : 1897
Category : Poultry
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Author : Gary Ritchison
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 2516 pages
File Size : 45,24 MB
Release : 2023-11-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 3031148525
With more than 10,000 species that vary in size, use diverse habitats that extend across latitudes and altitudes, consume a wide variety of food items, differ in how they fly (or not), communicate, and reproduce, and have different life histories, birds exhibit remarkable variation in form (anatomy) and function (physiology). Our understanding of how natural selection has generated this variation as birds evolved and as different species adapted to their unique circumstances has grown considerably in recent years. In In a Class of Their Own: A Detailed Examination of Avian Forms and Functions, this variation is explained in great detail, beginning with an overview of avian evolution and continuing with information about the structure and function of the avian skeleton, muscles, and the various body systems. Other chapters focus on avian locomotion (including flight), migration, navigation, communication, energy balance and thermoregulation, and various aspects of avian reproduction, such as nests and nest building, clutch sizes, and parental care. In a Class of Their Own: A Detailed Examination of Avian Forms and Functions will be must reading for anyone, professional or non-professional, who needs or wants to learn more about birds.
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Page : 692 pages
File Size : 49,30 MB
Release : 1916
Category : Agriculture
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Author : Geoffrey Edward Hill
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 15,92 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1426205716
Why is a cardinal red and a bluebird blue? How has color camouflage evolved? These are just a few of the fascinating questions explored in this work on coloration and plumage, and their key role in avian life. 200 full-color photos.
Author : Shuichi Kinoshita
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 17,52 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9812707832
Structural colorations originate from self-organized microstructures, which interact with light in a complex way to produce brilliant colors seen everywhere in nature. Research in this field is extremely new and has been rapidly growing in the last 10 years, because the elaborate structures created in nature can now be fabricated through various types of nanotechnologies. Indeed, a fundamental book covering this field from biological, physical, and engineering viewpoints has long been expected.Coloring in nature comes mostly from inherent colors of materials, though it sometimes has a purely physical origin such as diffraction or interference of light. The latter, called structural color or iridescence, has long been a problem of scientific interest. Recently, structural colors have attracted great interest because various photonic architectures, now developing in modern technologies, have been spontaneously created in the self-organization process and have been extensively used as one of the important visual functions. In this book, the fundamental optical properties underlying structural colors are explained, and these mysteries of nature are surveyed from the viewpoint of biological diversity and according to their sophisticated structures. The book proposes a general principle of structural colors based on the structural hierarchy and presents up-to-date applications.
Author : Julie Feinstein
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 18,69 MB
Release : 2011-01-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0811744175
Identify and understand the wildlife most commonly found living near humans--and how they've adapted to thrive in cities and suburbs.
Author : Lei Da Yang
Publisher : Devneybooks
Page : 839 pages
File Size : 29,10 MB
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Category : Art
ISBN : 1304439399
Suddenly the bus stopped. It seems that it hasn't arrived yet, right? Hao Ren looked puzzled and waited for an opportunity
Author : Frank B. Gill
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 15,46 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780716749837
Ornithology is the classic text for the undergraduate ornithology course, long admired for its evolutionary approach to bird science. The new edition maintains the scope and expertise that made the book so popular while incorporating the latest research and updating the exquisite program of drawings.
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Page : 622 pages
File Size : 29,51 MB
Release : 1857
Category : Natural history
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