New perspective on the origin of endothermy

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Publication Type Book Chapter
School or College College of Science
Department Biology
Creator Farmer, Colleen G.
Title New perspective on the origin of endothermy
Date 2001
Description A new hypothesis for the origin of endothermy in birds is discussed. I suggest extensive parental care provided the initial impetus for the evolution of endothermy. Among extant animals one of the most important functions of an endothermic metabolism is the incubation of embryos. Furthermore, I propose that extensive parental care is a key innovation that greatly influenced much of the homoplasy observed in extant birds and mammals, including their extraordinary ability to sustain vigorous exercise and their parasagittal postures.
Type Text
Publisher Yale Peabody Museum
First Page 389
Last Page 409
Subject Endothermy; Parental care; Thermogenesis; Reproduction; Hormone; Aerobic capacity
Subject LCSH Birds -- Physiology; Body temperature; Parental behavior in animals
Language eng
Bibliographic Citation Farmer, C. G. (2001). New perspective on the origin of endothermy, in New Perspectives on the origin and early evolution of birds: proceedings of the international symposium in honor of John H. Ostrom, February 13-14, 1999 New Haven Connecticut, Gauthier, J., Gall, L.F. eds., 389-409.
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