Physiology of Cold Adaptation in Birds

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Nervous Control of Cold Defence in Birds....Pages 1-15
The Shivering Response in Common Eider Ducks....Pages 17-26
On the Thermosensitivity of the Spinal Cord in Pigeons....Pages 27-36
Shivering and Nonshivering Thermogenesis in Birds: A Mammalian View....Pages 37-48
Muscular Nonshivering Thermogenesis in Cold-Acclimated Ducklings....Pages 49-57
Nonshivering Thermogenesis in Winter-Acclimatized King Penguin Chicks....Pages 59-67
Apparent Non-Muscular Thermogenesis in Cold-Exposed Phasianid Birds....Pages 69-76
Shivering in Aerobic and Anaerobic Muscles in Bantams (Gallus Domesticus)....Pages 77-82
Metabolic Acclimatization to Cold and Season in Birds....Pages 83-94
Enzyme Activities in Muscles of Seasonally Acclimatized House Finches....Pages 95-104
Energy Substrates and Metabolic Acclimatization in small Birds....Pages 105-114
Thermogenic Capacity of Greenfinches and Siskins in Winter and Summer....Pages 115-122
Heat Increment of Feeding in the Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus , and its Natural Seasonal Variation....Pages 123-135
Thermoregulation and Energetics of Arctic Seabirds....Pages 137-145
Thermoregulatory Adaptations to Cold in Winter-Acclimatized Long-Tailed Ducks ( Clangula Hyemalis )....Pages 147-152
Respiration and Gas Exchange in Birds....Pages 153-162
Gas Exchange during Cold Exposure in Pekin Ducks ( Anas Platyrhynchos )....Pages 163-172
Respiratory Responses of the Mallard to External and Internal Cooling....Pages 173-178
The Respiratory Pattern and Expiratory Gas Concentrations in Torpid Hummingbirds Colibri Coruscans....Pages 179-186
Energy Metabolism and Patterns of Ventilation in Euthermic and Torpid Hummingbirds....Pages 187-195
Respiration by Birds at High Altitude and in Flight....Pages 197-206
Body and Brain Temperatures in Pigeons at Simulated High Altitudes....Pages 207-210
Circulatory Adaptations to Cold in Birds....Pages 211-222
Control of Cardiorespiration during Shivering Thermogenesis in the Pigeon....Pages 223-229
Sleep, Hypometabolism, and Torpor in Birds....Pages 231-245
Adaptive Capacity of the Pigeon’s Daily Body Temperature Rhythm....Pages 247-253
Thermal and Feeding Reactions of Pigeons during Food Scarcity and Cold....Pages 255-264
Metabolism and Body Temperature during Circadian Sleep and Torpor in the Fed and Fasting Pigeon....Pages 265-274
Autonomic and Behavioral Temperature Regulation as a Part of the Response Complex to Food Scarcity in the Pigeon....Pages 275-281
Body Mass, Food Habits, and the Use of Torpor in Birds....Pages 283-291
Energy Saving during Breeding and Molt in Birds....Pages 293-303
Effect of Clutch Size on Efficiency of Heat Transfer to Cold Eggs in Incubating Bantam Hens....Pages 305-313
Emu Winter Incubation: Thermal, Water, and Energy Relations....Pages 315-324
Energy Saving in Incubating Eiders....Pages 325-328
Adaptations to Cold in Bird Chicks....Pages 329-338
Energy Partitioning in Arctic Tern Chicks ( Sterna paradisaea ) and Possible Metabolic Adaptations in high Latitude Chicks....Pages 339-347
Energetics of Avian Growth: The Causal Link with BMR and Metabolic Scope....Pages 349-359
Strategies of Homeothermy in Eider Ducklings (Somateria Mollissima)....Pages 361-370
Body Temperatures Under Natural Conditions of Two Species of Alcid Chicks....Pages 371-373
Back Matter....Pages 375-384