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100	1		_aKaiser, Gary W.
245	1	4	_aThe Inner Bird : _bAnatomy and Evolution.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aVancouver : _bUniversity of British Columbia Press, _c2007.
264		4	_c©2007.
300			_a1 online resource (401 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: What Is a Bird? -- 1 The Bird beneath the Feathers: How adaptations for flight allow a bird to earn a living on the ground -- 2 A Bird Is an Animal with Hollow Bones: Special features of avian bones and their assembly as a skeleton -- 3 A Bird Is Like a Dinosaur: Features shared by birds and their reptilian ancestors -- 4 A Bird Is Not So Like a Dinosaur: Features that distinguish birds from their reptilian ancestors -- Part 2: What Kind of Bird Is It? -- 5 The Kinds of Birds: Classification and taxonomy -- 6 That Bird Is Different from the Other One: Evolutionary relationships among families of birds -- Part 3: How Does a Bird Fly? -- 7 Feathers and Feathered Dinosaurs: Flight in early birds and birdlike animals -- 8 Birds with a Modern Shape: Birds cease to look like feathered dinosaurs and become skilled fliers -- 9 Birds on Land: A robust design helps birds compete with mammals -- 10 Birds at Sea: Sophisticated aerodynamics take birds onto oceans -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- 1 Birds in Relation to Other Vertebrate Animals -- 2 Geological Time Scale -- Glossary of Ornithological Terms -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Literature Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aBirds -- Anatomy.
650		0	_aBirds -- Evolution.
650		0	_aBirds -- Flight.
650		0	_aBirds -- Classification.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aKaiser, Gary W. _tThe Inner Bird _dVancouver : University of British Columbia Press,c2007 _z9780774813433
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3412444 _zClick to View
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