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Insect Physiological Ecology : Mechanisms and Patterns by Steven L. Chown, Sue W. Nicolson, is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This book provides a modern, synthetic overview of interactions between insects and their environments from a physiological perspective that integrates information across a range of approaches and scales. It shows that evolved physiological responses at the individual level are translated into coherent physiological and ecological patterns at larger, even global scales. This is done by examining in detail the ways in which insects obtain resources from the environment, process these resources in various ways, and turn the results into energy which alloews them to regulate their internal environment as well as cope with evvironmental extremes of temperture and water availability. The book demonstrates that physiological responses are not only characterized by substantial temporal variation, but also show coherent variation across several spatial scales. At the largest, global scale, there appears to be substantial variation associated with the hemisphere in which insects are found. Such variation has profound implication as well as responses to climate change, and these implications are explicitly discussed. The book provides a novel integration of the understanding gained from broa

Who reads Insect Physiological Ecology : Mechanisms and Patterns?

Author

Steven L. Chown, Sue W. Nicolson,

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780191523342

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Mathematics, Biology