Willmer / Stone / Johnston Environmental Physiology of Animals

2. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-0922-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 768 Seiten, E-Book

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.
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Autoren/Hrsg.

Willmer, Pat

Stone, Graham

Johnston, Ian

Über Autor(innen)

Pat Willmer began her research career in neurobiology atCambridge, progressively switching to broader interests ininvertebrate physiology and the interactions of physiology,ecology, and behavior. Her current interests at St Andrews mainlyfocus on insect environmental physiology, and effects oninsect-plant interactions.
Graham Stone began his research career in entomology atOxford, progressively switching to broader aspects of the biologyof insect-plant interactions. His current interests atEdinburgh mainly focus on pollination ecology (particularly ofAcacia communities in Africa) and the biology of oakgallwasps.
Ian A. Johnston began his research career at Hull andBristol. His research group at St Andrews is currently utilizinggenomic, molecular, physiological, structural, and whole organismapproaches to investigate muscle development and growth in teleostfish, with particular reference to temperature adaptation and theevolution of Antarctic and Arctic species.