Walter Joseph Bock

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Walter Joseph Bock

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ADAPTATION AND THE FORM–FUNCTION COMPLEX (1965) (643)
The Definition and Recognition of Biological Adaptation (1980) (268)
Kinetics of the avian skull (1964) (265)
PREADAPTATION AND MULTIPLE EVOLUTIONARY PATHWAYS (1959) (258)
Reference list of the birds of the world (1975) (197)
Philosophical Foundations of Classical Evolutionary Classification (1973) (184)
An Approach to the Functional Analysis of Bill Shape (1966) (116)
Classifications and other ordering systems (2002) (108)
The Origin and Evolution of Birds, 2nd Edition (2000) (102)
The role of adaptive mechanisms in the origin of higher levels of organization. (1965) (96)
Functional-Adaptive Analysis in Evolutionary Classification (1981) (95)
The scansorial foot of the woodpeckers, with comments on the evolution of perching and climbing feet in birds. American Museum novitates ; no. 1931 (1959) (83)
Foundations and Methods of Evolutionary Classification (1977) (81)
Functional and evolutionary morphology of woodpeckers (1999) (77)
Functional anatomy and adaptive evolution of the feeding apparatus in the Hawaiian honeycreeper genus Loxops (Drepanididae) (1973) (69)
Evolution and Phylogeny in Morphologically Uniform Groups (1963) (68)
Species: the concept, category and taxon (2004) (66)
Secondary Articulation of the Avian Mandible (1960) (57)
MICROEVOLUTIONARY SEQUENCES AS A FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPT IN MACROEVOLUTIONARY MODELS (1970) (56)
Treatment of Acute Cerebral Edema with High Dose of Dexamethasone (1976) (56)
Adaptation and the Comparative Method (1977) (55)
The number of species and genera of Recent birds : a contribution to comparative systematics. American Museum novitates ; no. 2703 (1980) (53)
Concepts and methods in ecomorphology (1994) (51)
THE PNEUMATIC FOSSA OF THE HUMERUS IN THE PASSERES (1962) (51)
THE ORIGIN AND RADIATION OF BIRDS * (1969) (50)
MICROEVOLUTIONARY SEQUENCES AS A FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPT IN MACROEVOLUTIONARY MODELS. (1970) (48)
A generic review of the plovers lCharadriinaec Avesr (1958) (48)
From Biologische Anatomie To Ecomorphology (1989) (45)
Handbook od the birds of the world. Vol 12, Picathartes to tits and chickadees (2007) (44)
Relationships between the Birds of Paradise and the Bower Birds (1963) (41)
Long-Time Monitoring of Epidural Pressure in Man (1972) (35)
An Analysis of Twitch and Tonus Fibers in the Hatching Muscle (1968) (35)
The Nature of Explanations in Morphology (1988) (34)
Ernst Mayr, naturalist: His contributions to systematics and evolution (1994) (33)
Species Interactions and Macroevolution (1972) (32)
Modern Aspects of Species (1987) (32)
A generic review of the family Ardeidae (Aves). American Museum novitates ; no. 1779 (1956) (32)
Analysis of fiber types in the pigeon's metapatagialis muscle. I. Histochemistry, end plates and ultrastructure. (1974) (31)
The Mistaken Extinction. Dinosaur Evolution and the Origin of Birds Lowell Dingus Timothy Rowe (1999) (29)
DISCUSSION: THE CONCEPT OF HOMOLOGY (1969) (24)
Experience with an intracranial pressure transducer readjustable in vivo. Technical note. (1974) (22)
The relation between intracranial pressure, mean arterial pressure and cerebral blood flow in patients with severe head injury (2005) (22)
Explanations in Konstruktionsmorphologie and Evolutionary Morphology (1991) (21)
Evolutionary theory and systematics: relationships between process and patterns (2009) (20)
The avian mandible as a structural girder. (1968) (19)
The Species Concept in Theory and Practice (1992) (19)
Organisms as Functional Machines: A Connectivity Explanation (1989) (19)
TWO EVOLUTIONARY THEORIES—A DISCUSSION (1963) (18)
Morphology and evolution of the ectethmoid‐mandibular articulation in the meliphagidae (Aves) (1971) (18)
Ecological Aspects of the Evolutionary Processes (2003) (18)
Ornithology, Evolution, and Philosophy: The Life and Science of Ernst Mayr 1904–2005 (2009) (18)
Salivary Glands in the Gray Jays (Perisoreus) (1961) (17)
Functional and Evolutionary Explanations in Morphology (1999) (16)
Explanations in evolutionary theory (2007) (16)
Unique anatomy of lagomorph calcaneus (2002) (16)
Explanations in Systematics (2004) (16)
The furcula and the evolution of avian flight (2013) (14)
The preglossale of Passer (Aves: Passeriformes) ‐ a skeletal neomorph (1978) (14)
Relationships of the Passerine Finches (Passeriformes: Passeridae) (1978) (13)
Analysis of fiber types in the pigeon's metapatagialis muscle. II. Effects of denervation. (1976) (13)
History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 222 (1994) (13)
Comments on Classifications as Historical Narratives (1978) (13)
Innervation of the avian tonus latissimus dorsi anterior muscle. (1971) (13)
Morphology of the Noisy Scrub-bird, Atrichornis clamosus (Passeriformes: Atrichornithidae): Systematic Relationships and Summary (1985) (13)
Haunt Me No Longer (1988) (13)
The Directory of Australian Birds. Passeriformes: A Taxonomic and Zoogeographic Atlas of the Biodiversity of Birds in Australia and Its Territories R. Schodde I. J. Mason (2000) (12)
The structure of pigeon muscle and its changes due to tenotomy. (1970) (12)
Is Diglossa (?Thraupinae) Monophyletic? (1985) (11)
ERNST MAYR AT 100: A LIFE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF ORNITHOLOGY (2004) (11)
Avian cranial kinesis revisited (1999) (11)
A CRITIQUE OF “MORPHOLOGICAL INTEGRATION” (1960) (11)
Morphology of the larynx of corvus brachyrhynchos passeriformes corvidae (1978) (11)
Nonvalidity of the "Phylogenetic Fallacy" (1969) (10)
Multiple Explanations in Darwinian Evolutionary Theory (2010) (10)
Turgidity and Function of the Hatching Muscle (1969) (10)
Mechanics of one- and two-joint muscles. American Museum novitates ; no. 2319 (1968) (9)
Prologue: The Necessity of the Organism (1989) (9)
The relation between intracrainal pressure, mean arterial pressure and cerebral blood flow in patients with severe head injury. (1975) (9)
The Morphology of the Syrinx in Passerine Birds Peter L. Ames (1972) (9)
Provisional classifications v standard avian sequences: heuristics and communication in ornithology (2008) (8)
Design – an inappropriate concept in evolutionary theory* (2009) (8)
Mechanical analysis of the external forces on climbing mammals (1978) (8)
MORPHOLOGY OF THE TONGUE APPARATUS OF C1R1DOPS ANNA (DREPANIDIDAE) (2008) (8)
The skeletomuscular systems of the feeding apparatus of the Noisy Scrub-bird, Atrichornis clamosus (Passeriformes: Atrichornithidae) (1985) (7)
Explanatory History of the Origin of Feathers1 (2000) (7)
Towards a New Metaphysics: The Need for an Enlarged Philosophy ofScience (2000) (7)
The Darwin -Wallace myth of 1858 (2009) (7)
The Status of the Semipalmated Plover (1959) (7)
Morphological Differentiation and Adaptation in the Galápagos Finches Robert I. Bowman (1963) (7)
PHYLOGENETIC SYSTEMATICS, CLADISTICS AND EVOLUTION (1968) (6)
Nomenclature of Cretaceous birds from Romania (1996) (6)
Effect of denervation on pigeon slow skeletal muscle (2004) (6)
The systematic position of the Australian Dotterel, Peltohyas australis. (1964) (6)
Phylogenetic Systematics, Cladistics and Evolution@@@Phylogenetic Systematics. (1968) (5)
The Directory of Austrailian Birds. Passeriformes: A Taxonomic and Zoogeographic Atlas of the Biodiversity of Birds in Australia and its Territories (2000) (5)
Dual Causality and the Autonomy of Biology (2017) (5)
TONGUE MORPHOLOGY AND AFFINITIES OF THE HAWAIIAN HONEYCREEPER MELAMPROSOPS PHAEOSOMA (2008) (5)
Conflict resolution of grammar and gender for avian species-group names under Article 31.2.2 of the ICZN Code: is gender agreement worth it? (2016) (5)
Feeding Adaptations in the Waterfowl@@@Functional Anatomy of the Feeding Apparatus in Waterfowl. (1964) (5)
Principles of biological comparison. (1989) (5)
Symposium on Evolutionary Origin of Feathers: Panel Discussion1 (2000) (5)
ERNST MAYR AT 100: A LIFE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE ORNITHOLOGY (2005) (4)
Introduction to the Symposium: Functional-Adaptive Analysis in Systematics (1981) (4)
Contributions of Central European ornithology to world ornithology (2001) (4)
IN MEMORIAM: ERNST MAYR, 1904–2005 (2005) (3)
Intracranial Pressure during Anesthesia with Ketamine (1972) (3)
Avian Myology J. C. George A. J. Berger (1967) (3)
Case 3390 Archaeopteryx lithographica von Meyer, 1861 (Aves): proposed conservation of usage by designation of a neotype (2007) (3)
S23-2 Species concepts versus species categories versus species taxa (2006) (3)
[The cerebral perfusion pressure (author's transl)]. (1974) (3)
The Species Problem@@@Modern Aspects of Species. (1988) (3)
Affinities of Carpospiza brachydactyla (Passeriformes; Passeridae) (2004) (3)
Entropy, Information, and Evolution. New Perspectives on Physical and Biological Evolution. Based on a Conference Held May 1985, at California State University, Fullerton.Bruce H. Weber , David J. Depew , James D. Smith (1989) (3)
Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan, Together with Those of Bangladesh, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Sri Lanka Salim Ali S. Dillon Ripley (1977) (2)
FEATHER TRACTS IN THE CORVIDAE—A CORRECTION (2008) (2)
Ernst Mayr, 5 July 1904-3 February 2005 (2005) (2)
Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Birds: Phylogeny, Morphology, Hormones, Fertilization (Volume 6A of Series). Barrie G. M. Jamieson, editor.Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Birds: Sexual Selection, Behavior, Conservation, Embryology and Genetics (Volume 6B of Series). Barrie G. M. Jamieson (2007) (2)
Interpreting Article 31.2.2 of the Code, Tanagra bresilia Linnaeus, and gender agreement—a response to Dickinson et al. (2017) towards more positive outcomes (2017) (2)
Gaseous high-pressure apparatus up to 600 MPa for temperatures 77-350K (1983) (2)
Temperature measurement and control (in range 77-350K) inside a high-pressure vessel up to 500 MPa (1981) (2)
Intracranial Pressure, Hemodynamics and Metabolic Disorders in Patients with Severe Head Injury (1973) (2)
“RESIN SECRETION” IN HEMICIRCUS (PICIDAE) (2008) (2)
Catharacta antarctica lonnbergi Mathews, 1912 (currently Catharacta skua lonnbergi; Aves, Charadriiformes): proposed conservation of the subspecific name (1993) (2)
Case 3500 Paradisaea Linnaeus, 1758 and paradisaeidae Swainson, 1825 (Aves): proposed conservation of usage (2010) (2)
The Inner Bird: Anatomy and Evolution (2009) (2)
Generic and specific names of birds (Aves) conventionally accepted as published in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London and monographic works by John Gould and other contemporary zoologists: proposed conservation by suppression of all prior usages (1997) (2)
Atrichornis Stejneger, 1885 (Aves, ATRICHORNITHIDAE): proposed conservation (2008) (1)
The Sequence of Plumages and Moults of the Passerine Birds of New York Jonathan Dwight, Jr. (1975) (1)
Heuristics in systematics (2000) (1)
Case 3440 Atrichornis Stejneger, 1885 (Aves, atrichornithidae): proposed conservation (2008) (1)
Accessory occipital condyle in the hornbills (Aves : Bucerotidae) (1992) (1)
[Comparative measurement of neural conduction velocity using surface and needle electrodes]. (1972) (1)
Case 3640 Touit G.R. Gray, 1855 and Prosopeia Bonaparte, 1854 (Aves, psittacidae): proposed conservation of usage (2013) (1)
Biological and evolutionary explanations – a reply to F.E. Zachos (2007) (1)
Avian Biology D. S. Farner J. R. King (1975) (1)
Anatomy of the domestic birds By R. Nickel, A. Schummer, E. Seiferle, W. G. Siller & P. A. L. Wight. Berlin and Hamburg: Verlag Paul Parey and Springer Verlag (1977). xii + 202 pp., 141 figs. Price $42.30 (1978) (1)
Ernst Mayr - teacher, mentor, friend (2005) (1)
Psittacus Banksii Latham, 1790 And P. Lathami Temminck, 1807 (Currently Calyptorhynchus Banksii And C. Lathami; Aves, Psittaciformes): Proposed Conservation Of The Specific Names (1994) (1)
FEEDING ADAPTATIONS IN THE WATERFOWL (1964) (1)
Book Review:Concepts and Approaches in Animal Morphology. P. Dullemeijer (1976) (1)
The Origin and Evolution of Birds Alan Feduccia (1997) (1)
Ernst Walter Mayr. 5 July 1904 — 3 February 2005 (2006) (1)
The valid name of the Curl-crested Aracari (Pteroglossus beauharnaesii) (2016) (1)
Procellaria gigantea Gmelin 1789 Currently Macronectes giganteus Aves Procellariiformes Proposed Conservation Of Usage Of The Specific Name By Designation Of A Neotype (1992) (1)
Biology Takes Form: Animal Morphology and the German Universities, 1800–1900 . By Lynn K. Nyhart. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 1995. Pp. xiii + 414. Cloth £59.95. ISBN 0-226-61086-1. Paper £21.95. ISBN 0-226-61088-8. (1997) (1)
A Pseudoarthrosis in the Forelimb of a Sloth ( Choloepus didactylus ) BY (1)
List of avian family-group names to be proposed for conservation (1987) (0)
THE SEQUENCE OF BIRD LISTS (2008) (0)
Bird Taxidermy James M. Harrison (1977) (0)
On the proposed conservation of Aptornis Owen,[1848] (Aves) (1995) (0)
A How-to-Plan-a-Convention Guide (1997) (0)
Case 3418Specific names of nine Australian birds (Aves): proposed conservation (2008) (0)
William Beebe. An Annotated Bibliography Tim M. Berra (1977) (0)
Application of zeranin resistance pressure gages in measurements of high hydrostatic pressures (1977) (0)
Case 3442 The avian species-group name Columba norfolciensis Latham, 1801 (Aves, columbidae): proposed suppression (2008) (0)
In Memoriam: Hans Edmund Wolters, 1915-1991 (1992) (0)
On the proposed suppression of all prior usages of generic and specific names of birds (Aves) by John Gould and others conventionally accepted as published in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society, of London (1998) (0)
The Phylogenetic System. The Systematization of Organisms on the Basis of Their Phylogenesis.Peter Ax , R. P. S. Jefferies (1989) (0)
Avian Anatomy. Integument Alfred M. Lucas Peter R. Stettenheim (1974) (0)
A pseudoarthrosis in the forelimb of a sloth (Choloepus didactylus). American Museum novitates ; no. 2439 (1970) (0)
Case 3715 – Punctuated avian species-group names as abbreviations in the zoological appendix of Linnaeus’ Mantissa Plantarum Altera, 1771: proposed conservation of leucorynchus and mascarinus as justified emendations of their respectively punctuated original spellings as Lanius leucoryn. and Psittac (2017) (0)
Integrating Levels of Organization (1997) (0)
Comment on the proposed grant of precedence to Threskiornithidae Richmond, 1917 (Aves) over Plataleinae Bonaparte, 1838, Z.N.(S.)2136 (1986) (0)
The Histology of the Fowl R. D. Hodges (1975) (0)
Case 3572psittaculinae Vigors, 1825 (Aves): proposed conservation of usage (2012) (0)
The Origin and Evolution of Birds , 2 nd Edition (2019) (0)
Evolutionary Trends in the Neotropical Ovenbirds and Woodhewers Alan Feduccia (1974) (0)
Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature (2017) (0)
Anatomy of the Chicken and Domestic Birds Tankred Koch (1974) (0)
Comment on the proposed conservation of Anthochaera Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 and Philesturnus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832 (Aves) by suppression of the generic name Creadion Vieillot, 1816 1 (2010) (0)
Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics R. F. Johnston (1975) (0)
Signaling, Handicaps, and Evolution (1998) (0)
CEREBRAL PERFUSION PRESSURE: AN IMPORTANT VARIABLE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SEVERE BRAIN INJURIES (1975) (0)
Turkey anatomy. (1972) (0)
The Lung Air Sac System of Birds. A Contribution to the Functional Anatomy of the Respiratory Apparatus Hans-Rainer Duncker (1972) (0)
Countercurrent exchange (biology) (2014) (0)
BILL SHAPE AS A GENERIC CHARACTER (2016) (0)
The Valid Name for the Grey Wagtail (2008) (0)
CEREBRAL PERFUSION PRESSURE (1975) (0)
[A new method for control of respiration]. (1971) (0)
Cacatua Vieillot, 1817 and Cacatuinae Gray, 1840 (Aves, Psittaciformes): proposed conservation (1998) (0)
Receptors and Control of Respiration in Birds Pierre Dejours (1975) (0)
Invalid usage of Pyrrhulopsis Reichenbach as the generic name for the Fijian shining parrots, Prosopeia Bonaparte, and its consequences. (2014) (0)
Opinion 2332 (Case 3572) psittaculinae Vigors, 1825 (Aves): usage conserved (2014) (0)
Letter from Walter J. Bock to Joshua Lederberg (1990) (0)
Case 3415 Pedionomus Gould, December 1840 (Aves, pedionomidae) and Leipoa Gould, December 1840 (Aves, megapodiidae): proposed conservation of usage (2008) (0)
Case 3499 Anthochaera Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 and Philesturnus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832 (Aves): proposed conservation by suppression of the generic name Creadion Vieillot, 1816 (2009) (0)
Dean Amadon, 1912–2003 (2008) (0)
[Blood gas analytical study on cerebral circulation under the influence of dihydroergotoxin (author's transl)]. (1976) (0)
Projections, Deepenings and Undulations of the Surface of the Skull in Relation to the Attachment of Muscles C. J. van der Klaauw (1964) (0)
The Rise of Birds. 225 Million Years of Evolution Sankar Chatterjee (1998) (0)
Dual Causality and the Autonomy of Biology (2017) (0)
Case 3474 Aplonis Gould, 1836 (Aves: sturnidae): proposed conservation of spelling (2009) (0)
Island Biology Sherwin Carlquist (1975) (0)
Contribution to the field of avian paleontology by Evgeny Kurochkin (Introduction to the special issue) (2013) (0)
The correct authorship and type locality of Melanocorypha leucoptera (Aves: Passeriformes, Alaudidae). (2014) (0)
Strictly for the Chickens Frances Hamerstrom (1982) (0)
The Birds of Japan. Mark A. Brazil (1992) (0)
Biographical Memoirs: Ernst Mayr (2007) (0)
Biologists Under Hitler. By Ute Deichmann. Translated by Thomas Dunlap. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 1996. Pp. xviii + 468. £45.00. ISBN 0-674-07404-1. Original title: Biologen unter Hitler: Vertreibung, Karieren, Forschung. Frankfurt/Main: Campus Verlag. 1992. (1997) (0)
President’s Opening Remarks (1991) (0)
A Revision of the New World Species of Ricinus (Mallophaga) Occurring on Passeriformes (Aves) Bernard C. Nelson (1974) (0)
Symposium: Ancestry and origin of birds (1994) (0)
[Encephalographic tomography of the posterior cranial fossa in myelomeningoceles]. (1973) (0)
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms D. N. Lapedes (1975) (0)
Status and future activities of the Standing Committee on Ornithological Nomenclature of the International Ornithological Committee (IOC) (1992) (0)
OF THE SOUTHERN FORMS OF $ ELASPHORUS ( TROCHILIDAE ) (2003) (0)
PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CLASSICAL (2016) (0)
IN MEMORIAM: JAMES L. GULLEDGE, 1932-2001 (2006) (0)
Book Review:The Handbook of Bird Identification for Europe and the Western Palearctic Mark Beaman, Steve Madge (1999) (0)
[Contribution to respiration control in the intensive care unit using electromyography]. (1971) (0)

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