Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates, Volume 4.Vol.4

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.

Dr. David O. Norris (B.S., Baldwin Wallace University, 1961; PhD 1966, University of Washington) was a professor at the University of Colorado for 46 years where he studied environmental endocrinology of fishes and amphibians and taught general biology, endocrinology, human physiology, histology, vertebrate biology, and forensic biology. His endocrine research interests involve the role of natural and anthropogenic factors (pollutants) that operate through the brain and pituitary to influence thyroid, adrenal, and reproductive physiology that in turn affect development, sexual differentiation, reproduction, and aging. He retired from CU in 2012 and currently is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Integrative Physiology.

Dr. Norris also does research in forensic botany and consults with law enforcement groups on homicides and other crimes throughout the USA and in several other countries He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences

Dr. Norris has published more than 150 scientific papers and abstracts in environmental endocrinology and forensic botany and is the senior author on several books including Vertebrate Endocrinology (6th edition, Academic Press, 2020), Endocrine Disruption: Implications for Health of Wildlife and Humans (Oxford University Press, 2005), a five-volume work on Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates (Academic Press, 2011) and Forensic Plant Science (Academic Press, 2016). Kristin H. Lopez teaches human reproductive biology through the Department of Integrative Physiology at the University of Colorado-Boulder. With a background in comparative reproduction and endocrinology, she is an editor of the fi ve-volume work Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates (Academic Press, 2011). Her ongoing work with Colorado Diversity Initiative promotes increased access to higher education of underrepresented students in STEM.

"This book provides an extensive review of our current knowledge of the endocrinology of reproduction in birds...The contributors to this book are all internationally known for their expertise in the field of reproductive endocrinology, and I believe that this book will be a valued reference for avian eco-physiologists in the coming decade."--Marine Ornithology Volume 40, No. 1, 2012

"This is an essential reference giving an overview of recent studies in the field of endocrinology, physiology, behavior reproductive anatomy under the angle of ecology and evolution. Eighteen contributors mainly American, have contributed to this volume which will be very useful to endocrinologists, physiologists, but also to students in these areas."--Alauda, 81 (4), 2013