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New Directions in Ecological Physiology

Raymond B Huey editor Albert F Bennett editor Warren W Burggren editor Martin E Feder editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:29th Jan '88

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This 1988 book outlines conceptual approaches to the study of physiological adaptation in animals.

This 1988 book outlines conceptual approaches to the study of physiological adaptation in animals, approaches that will stimulate the continued growth of this field. Twenty leading ecological physiologists and evolutionary biologists have contributed critical evaluations of developments in their respective areas.The past fifty years have witnessed major achievements in ecological physiology, the study of physiological adaptations that improve survival or permit organisms to exploit extreme environments. New Directions in Ecological Physiology, first published in 1988, outlines conceptual approaches to the study of physiological adaptation in animals, approaches that will stimulate the continued growth of this field. Twenty leading ecological physiologists and evolutionary biologists have contributed critical evaluations of developments in their respective areas, highlighting major conceptual advances as well as research questions yet to be answered. The volume is organized into three parts: The first deals with comparisons of different species and populations; the second, with comparisons of individuals within a population; the last, with interacting physiological systems within individual animals. New Directions in Ecological Physiology, by encouraging critical debate about general issues and directions of growth in this field, is intended to foster the invigoration of ecological physiology in particular and of organismal biology in general.

ISBN: 9780521349383

Dimensions: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm

Weight: 530g

378 pages