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Introduction -- What Is Physiological Ecology? -- Temperature And Thermoregulation. 1.2. Terminology. 1.3. Physics Of Heat Exchange. 1.4. Measuring Temperature And Heat Transfer. 1.5. The Heat Balance And The Complexity Of Heat Exchange In An Outdoor Environment. 1.6. Control Systems. 1.7. Metabolic Rate And Thermoneutral Zones. 1.8. Colour. 1.9. Evolution Of Endothermy. 1.10. Fever (pyrexia) -- Aberration Or Adaptive Response? 1.11. Case Studies -- 2. Water Relations. 2.1. Physical Properties Of Water. 2.2. Physics Of Water Movement. 2.3. Terminology. 2.4. The Measurement Of Evaporative Water Loss And Water Turnover Rates. 2.5. Water Balance. 2.6. Nitrogen Excretion. 2.7. Excretion Mechanisms. 2.8. Case Studies -- 3. Nutrition And Energy. 3.1. Nutrition. 3.2. Energy. 3.3. Case Studies -- 4. Reproduction And The Environment. 4.1. Endocrine Control Of Reproduction. 4.2. Patterns Of Reproduction. 4.3. Evolutionary Enigma Of The Scrotum And Sperm Competition. 4.4. Lactation. Gideon N. Louw. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 267-280) And Index.

Author

G. Louw, D. Mitchell, Gideon Louw

Publisher

Harlow, Essex, Eng.: Longman Scientific & Technical ; New York: Co-published in the U.S. with J. Wiley

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780470218662

Subjects

Science, Technology, Medical