Stress Ecology Environmental Stress as Ecological Driving Force and Key Player in Evolution /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Steinberg, Christian E.W (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Ecology.; Animal ecology.; Aquatic ecology.; Molecular ecology.; Plant ecology.; Life Sciences.; Animal Ecology.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Molecular Ecology.; Plant Ecology.

Not all stress is stressful; instead, it appears that stress in the environment, below the mutation threshold, is essential for many subtle manifestations of population structures and biodiversity, and has played a substantial role in the evolution of life.  Intrigued by the behavior of laboratory a...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Why a small worm is not crazy (Introduction).-Activation of oxygen: Multipurpose tool.-Defense means against pathogens and parasites: Reactive oxygen species
• Arms race between plants and animals: Biotransformation system
• Heat shock proteins: The minimal, but universal, stress proteome
• Heavy metals: Defense and ecological utilization
• The potential of stress response: Ecological transcriptomics
• Not all is in the genes: microRNAs, transgenerational effects, and epigenetics
• The actual response: Ecological proteomics and metabolomics
• Whatever doesn’t kill you might make you stronger: Hormesis
• Multiple stressors as environmental realism: Synergism or antagonism
• One stressor prepares for the next one to come: Cross-tolerance.-Longevity: Risky shift in population structure?
• Footprints of stress in communities.-Environmental stresses: Ecological driving forces and key player in evolution.-References.-Appendices,-Abbreviations and Glossary,-Index.