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Vertebrate ecophysiology an introduction to its principles and applications /
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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Physical Description: |
xi, 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
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Online Access: | Sample text - |
Contents:
- Homeostasis: a fundamental organising paradigm in ecophysiology
- Stress - the concept and the reality
- Basic methods used in ecophysiological studies
- Turnover methodology - theory and practice
- Case studies of stress - incidence and intensity
- Survival in deserts
- Torpor and hibernation in cold climates
- Marine birds and mammals.