Biology and Comparative Physiology of Birds, Volume 2Academic Press, 1961 - Birds |
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activity adrenal adult ambient temperature Anat androgens anterior pituitary appetitive behavior avian basilar membrane behavior Benoit Biol birds blood body temperature body weight breeding season broodiness calcium castration cells cerebellum chaffinch Cloaca cochlea cock plumage condition cortex cycle Dawson display domestic fowl Domestic pigeon dorsal ducks effect endocrine estrogen evidence experimental Exptl factors Farner feathers female fibers flight follicles function gland gonadotropins gonads gull hatching heat production hemispheres homoiotherms house sparrow hypophysectomy increase incubation injections interstitial Kendeigh lobe male mammalian mammals Marshall medullary metabolic rate migration molt nerve nest normal nucleus organs orientation ovary oviduct Passer domesticus passerine period Physiol physiology pigeons pituitary plumage Proc produce prolactin regeneration reproduction response Riddle secretion sensory sex hormones sexual species spermatogenesis spermatozoa standard metabolic starling stimuli structure testicular testis testosterone thermoregulation thyroid tion tissue tubules ventral vertebrates Vögel wing Witschi young Zool Zugunruhe