Author: G. Causey WhittowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Cover thermoregulation of invertebrates, fish, amphibia, reptiles and birds, each written by an expert in the field.
Comparative Physiology of Thermoregulation: Invertebrates and Nonmammalian vertebrates
Author: G. Causey WhittowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Cover thermoregulation of invertebrates, fish, amphibia, reptiles and birds, each written by an expert in the field.
Comparative Physiology of Thermoregulation: Invertebrates and Nonmammalian vertebrates
Author: G. Causey WhittowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Body temperature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Invertebrates and Nonmammalian Vertebrates
Author: Comparative Physiology of Thermoregulation: Mammals
Author: G. Causey WhittowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Cover thermoregulation of invertebrates, fish, amphibia, reptiles and birds, each written by an expert in the field.
Comparative Physiology: Primitive Mammals
Author: Knut Schmidt-NielsenPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521228473
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
This book attempts to dispel the widely held notion that 'primitive' animals are less advanced or less complex than the 'non-primitive'.
Sport and Physical Activity in the Heat
Author: Douglas J. CasaPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319702173
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
This unique book is the first of its kind to specifically explore the science, medicine, challenges and successful experiences of assisting those who must perform and thrive in hot conditions, with an eye toward maximizing both performance and safety. Beginning with both human and comparative physiology as it relates to coping with the heat, key concepts are subsequently elaborated, including heat acclimatization, work-to-rest ratios, hydration, sleep, the effects of altitude, and the use of drugs and supplements. The sections that follow discuss heat-related considerations in individual and team sports and other populations, monitoring techniques, and medical and legal issues. Athletes, warfighters and laborers are often forced to perform intense physical activity in the heat as a part of their jobs or lifestyle. The process of properly preparing for this challenge is multifaceted and often not fully understood or utilized. Sport and Physical Activity in the Heat is an excellent resource for team physicians, high-level coaches, serious athletes, athletic trainers, exercise scientists, strength and conditioning coaches, industrial hygienists, military commanders, or anyone involved in the process of maximizing performance and safety during exercise in the heat for the athlete, warfighter, or laborer.
Temperature Regulation
Author: Stewart RichardsPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1489927891
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
MANY aspects of physiology are best understood in terms of bodily reactions to environmental stress, and temperature is one of the most often encountered stress factors in the environment. The responses to temperature can involve practically all of the organ systems of the body and it is for this reason that the study of the regulation of body temperatures represents one of the finest examples of complex reaction integrated by the nervous and endocrine systems, and hence of the principles of biological control. Thus, while thermoregulation offers an abundance of opportunities for the individual who likes to specialize in depth, it is an ideal type of physiology for those who prefer to think of the functioning of the body as whole. This book is written primarily for the undergraduate, but I hope also that some students may find time to read it, before embarking on a university course, as an introduction to some of the ideas that will be encountered in the more detailed study of the biological sciences, including medicine. I have tried to discuss the evidence for important ideas, since this is fundamental to the scientific method, and have been particularly concerned to avoid the use of the sort of technical jargon that gives a spurious impression of authority while in reality creating confusion out of what is in essence simple.
Temperature Biology of Animals
Author: Andrew CossinsPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400931271
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Temperature is one facet in the mosaic of physical and biotic factors that describes the niche of an animal. Ofthe physical factors it is ecologically the most important. for it is a factor that is all-pervasive and one that. in most environments. lacks spatial or temporal constancy. Evolution has produced a wide variety of adaptive strategies and tactics to exploit or deal with this variable environmental factor. The ease with which temperature can be measured. and controlled experimentally. together with its widespread influence on the affairs of animals. has understandably led to a large. dispersed literature. In spite of this no recent book provides a comprehensive treatment of the biology of animals in relation to temperature. Our intention in writing this book was to fill that gap. We hope we have provided a modern statement with a critical synthesis of this diverse field. which will be suitable and stimulating for both advanced undergraduate and post graduate students of biology. This book is emphatically not intended as a monographical review. as thermal biology is such a diverse. developed discipline that it could not be encompassed within the confines of a book of this size.
Animal Physiology
Author: Knut Schmidt-NielsenPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521570985
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
How do dolphins catch fish in murky water? Why do moths drink from puddles? How do birds' eggs breathe? How do animals work? In this revised and updated edition of the acclaimed text Animal Physiology, the answers are revealed. In clear and stimulating style, Knut Schmidt-Nielsen introduces and develops the fundamental principles of animal physiology according to major environmental features - oxygen, food and energy, temperature, and water. The structure of the book is unchanged from the previous edition, but every chapter has been updated to take into account recent developments, with numerous new references and figures. Animal Physiology is suitable as a text for undergraduate and beginning graduate courses in physiology. As with previous editions, students, teachers as well as researchers will find this book a valuable and enjoyable companion to course work and research.
Physiology of Cold Adaptation in Birds
Author: Claus BechPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1475700318
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Workshop held June 1988. Thirty-nine contributions treat the central mechanisms of thermoregulation, heat production, metabolic adaptations, respiration and circulation, physiology of hypometabolism, breeding and incubation, and adaptations to cold in chicks. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.