Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Sex Determination in Birds
(A.F. Smirnov, A.V. Trukhina, Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia)

Structure and Function of the Avian Respiratory System, with Observation on its Predisposition to Injury by Particulates and Pathogenic Microorganisms
(J.N. Maina, Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa)

Distribution and Dispersion of Coccidia in Wild Passerines of the Americas
(Bruno Pereira Berto, Carlos Wilson Gomes Lopes, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), Seropédica, RJ, Brazil, and others)

An Animal Geography of the Dominant Urban Avian Scavenger in Contrasting Case Studies
(Michael O’Neal Campbell, Department of Geography, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada)

Recent Infectious Diseases or their Responsible Agents Recorded from Japanese Wild Birds
(Takuro Hirayama, Kii Ushiyama, Yuichi Osa, Mitsuhiko Asakawa, Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan, and others)

Ticks on Brazilian Birds: Overview
(Hermes Ribeiro Luz, João Luiz Horacio Faccini, Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Instituto de Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil)

An Overview of Recent Parasitic Diseases due to Helminths and Arthropods Recorded from Wild Birds, with Special Reference to Conservation Medical Cases from the Wild Animal Medical Center of Rakuno Gakuen University in Japan
(Kii Ushiyama, Tomoo Yoshino, Takuro Hirayama, Yuichi Osa, Mitsuhiko Asakawa, Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan, and others)

Environmental Factors that Affect Urban Avian Communities
(Daniel Patón, Numerical Ecology Unit., Faculty of Sciences, University of Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain)

The Impact of Landscape Configuration and Competitors on the Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monarchus Temminck 1823 in Southern Ghana
(Michael O’Neal Campbell, Department of Geography, Thompson Rivers University, McGill Road, Kamloops, BC, Canada)

Index