Living in a Seasonal World Thermoregulatory and Metabolic Adaptations /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ruf, Thomas (Editor), Bieber, Claudia (Editor), Arnold, Walter (Editor), Millesi, Eva (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Veterinary medicine.; Biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Animal ecology.; Evolutionary biology.; Animal physiology.; Life Sciences.; Animal Physiology.; Animal Ecology.; Animal Biochemistry.; Cell Biology.; Veterinary Medicine.; Evolutionary Biology.

This book summarises the newest information on seasonal adaptation in animals. Topics include animal hibernation, daily torpor, thermoregulation, heat production, metabolic depression, biochemical adaptations, neurophysiology and energy balance. The contributors to this book present interdisciplinar...