Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates, Volume 4: Birds

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.

A complete, essential and up to date reference for research scientists working on vertebrate hormones and reproduction - and on animlals as models in human reproductive researchCovers the endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, physiology, behaviour and anatomy of vertebrate reproductionStructured coverage of the major themes for all five vertebrate groups allows a consistent treatment for allSpecial chapters elaborate on features specific to individual vertebrate groups and to comparative aspects, similarities and differences between them

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.