Environmental Physiology of Desert Organisms
Title | Environmental Physiology of Desert Organisms PDF eBook |
Author | Neil F. Hadley |
Publisher | Dowden Hutchinson and Ross |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Medical |
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Heat flux and the thermal regime of desert plants; Adaptations of desert lichens to drought and extreme temperatures; Dynamics of great basin shrub root systems; Environmental and plant factors influencing transpiration of desert plants; Coloration and its thermal consequences for diurnal desert insects. Thermoregulation and flight energetics of desert insects; Nitrogen excretion in arid-adapted amphibians; The water relations of two populations of noncaptive desert rodents.
Proceedings of a Symposium on Environmental Physiology of Desert Organisms
Title | Proceedings of a Symposium on Environmental Physiology of Desert Organisms PDF eBook |
Author | Tempe Symposium on Environmental Physiology of Desert Organisms (Arizona, 1974) |
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Pages | 283 |
Release | 1975 |
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Environmental Physiology of Animals
Title | Environmental Physiology of Animals PDF eBook |
Author | Pat Willmer |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 768 |
Release | 2009-03-12 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1444309226 |
The new and updated edition of this accessible text provides a comprehensive overview of the comparative physiology of animals within an environmental context. Includes two brand new chapters on Nerves and Muscles and the Endocrine System. Discusses both comparative systems physiology and environmental physiology. Analyses and integrates problems and adaptations for each kind of environment: marine, seashore and estuary, freshwater, terrestrial and parasitic. Examines mechanisms and responses beyond physiology. Applies an evolutionary perspective to the analysis of environmental adaptation. Provides modern molecular biology insights into the mechanistic basis of adaptation, and takes the level of analysis beyond the cell to the membrane, enzyme and gene. Incorporates more varied material from a wide range of animal types, with less of a focus purely on terrestrial reptiles, birds and mammals and rather more about the spectacularly successful strategies of invertebrates. A companion site for this book with artwork for downloading is available at: www.blackwellpublishing.com/willmer/
Physiological Ecology of North American Desert Plants
Title | Physiological Ecology of North American Desert Plants PDF eBook |
Author | Stanley D. Smith |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 287 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3642592120 |
Following a description of the physical and biological characterization of the four North American deserts together with the primary adaptations of plants to environmental stress, the authors go on to present case studies of key species. They provide an up-to-date and comprehensive review of the major patterns of adaptation in desert plants, with one chapter devoted to several important exotic plants that have invaded these deserts. The whole is rounded off with a synthesis of the resource requirements of desert plants and how they may respond to global climate change.
Environmental Physiology of Desert Organisms, Stroudsberg, Penn
Title | Environmental Physiology of Desert Organisms, Stroudsberg, Penn PDF eBook |
Author | N. F. HADLEY |
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Environmental Physiology of Desert Organisms. Stroudsburg, Pa
Title | Environmental Physiology of Desert Organisms. Stroudsburg, Pa PDF eBook |
Author | N. F. HADLEY |
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Behavioural Adaptations of Desert Animals
Title | Behavioural Adaptations of Desert Animals PDF eBook |
Author | Giovanni Costa |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 205 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3642793568 |
After a brief survey of biotopic and vegetational features and an account of the main groups of desert animals, the most unusual patterns of the behaviour of the xerophilous fauna are examined. The importance of the thermohygric regulation and self-protective and locomotor mechanisms to the survival of arid-adapted animals is emphasized and various adaptations in the alimentary, reproductive and social spheres are analyzed. The clear and fluent treatment will awaken the interest of the reading public, from the amateur naturalists to research scientists.