Aestivation

Name: Aestivation
Brand: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
SKU: 9783642024207
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Molecular and Physiological Aspects

Автор: Carlos A. Navas, Jose E. Carvalho

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Корици: С твърди корици

Издател: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG

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Numerous animal species live in environments characterized by a seasonal reduction in the availabili...

Информация за книгата

Автор

Carlos A. Navas, Jose E. Carvalho

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С твърди корици

Издадена

2009

страници

268

EAN

9783642024207

ISBN

3642024203

Enbook ID

01649954

Издател

Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG

Теглоt

646

Размери

155 x 235 x 22

Пълно описание

Numerous animal species live in environments characterized by a seasonal reduction in the availability of water, which often but not always occurs when temperatures are highest. For many such animals, survival during the toughest season requires spending long periods of time in a rather inactive state known as aestivation. But aestivation is much more than remaining inactive. Successful aestivation requires the selection of a proper microhabitat, variable degrees of metabolic arrest and responsiveness to external stimuli, the ability to sense the proper time of year for emergence, the preservation of inactive tissue, and much more. So, aestivation involves a complex collection of behaviors, ecological associations and physiological adjustments that vary across species in their type, magnitude and course. This book seeks to explore the phenomenon of aestivation from different perspectives and levels of organization, ranging from microhabitat selection to genetic control of physiological adjustments. It brings together authors from across the world working on different systematic groups, approaches, and questions, but who are all ultimately working to better understand the complex issue of aestivation.

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