Francisco Bozinovic – författare

Mammals are the so-called "pinnacle" group of vertebrates, successfully colonising virtually all terrestrial environments as well as the air (bats) and sea (especially pinnipeds and cetaceans). How mammals function and survive in these diverse environments has long fascinated mammologists, comparative physiologists and ecologists.Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Mammals explores the physiological mechanisms and evolutionary necessities that have made the spectacular adaptation of mammals possible. It summarises our current knowledge of the complex and sophisticated physiological approaches that mammals have for survival in a wide variety of ecological and environmental contexts: terrestrial, aerial, and aquatic. The authors have a strong comparative and quantitative focus in their broad approach to exploringmammal ecophysiology. As with other books in the Ecological and Environmental Physiology Series, the emphasis is on the unique physiological characteristics of mammals, their adaptations to extreme environments, and current experimental techniques and future research directions are also considered.This accessible text is suitable for graduate level students and researchers in the fields of mammalian comparative physiology and physiological ecology, including specialist courses in mammal ecology. It will also be of value and use to the many professional mammologists requiring a concise overview of the topic.

Mammals are the so-called "pinnacle" group of vertebrates, successfully colonising virtually all terrestrial environments as well as the air (bats) and sea (especially pinnipeds and cetaceans). How mammals function and survive in these diverse environments has long fascinated mammologists, comparative physiologists and ecologists.Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Mammals explores the physiological mechanisms and evolutionary necessities that have made the spectacular adaptation of mammals possible. It summarises our current knowledge of the complex and sophisticated physiological approaches that mammals have for survival in a wide variety of ecological and environmental contexts: terrestrial, aerial, and aquatic. The authors have a strong comparative and quantitative focus in their broad approach to exploringmammal ecophysiology. As with other books in the Ecological and Environmental Physiology Series, the emphasis is on the unique physiological characteristics of mammals, their adaptations to extreme environments, and current experimental techniques and future research directions are also considered.This accessible text is suitable for graduate level students and researchers in the fields of mammalian comparative physiology and physiological ecology, including specialist courses in mammal ecology. It will also be of value and use to the many professional mammologists requiring a concise overview of the topic.

Mammals are the so-called "pinnacle" group of vertebrates, successfully colonising virtually all terrestrial environments as well as the air (bats) and sea (especially pinnipeds and cetaceans). How mammals function and survive in these diverse environments has long fascinated mammologists, comparative physiologists and ecologists.Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Mammals explores the physiological mechanisms and evolutionary necessities that have made the spectacular adaptation of mammals possible. It summarises our current knowledge of the complex and sophisticated physiological approaches that mammals have for survival in a wide variety of ecological and environmental contexts: terrestrial, aerial, and aquatic. The authors have a strong comparative and quantitative focus in their broad approach to exploring mammal ecophysiology. As with other books in the Ecological and Environmental Physiology Series, the emphasis is on the unique physiological characteristics of mammals, their adaptations to extreme environments, and current experimental techniques and future research directions are also considered.This accessible text is suitable for graduate level students and researchers in the fields of mammalian comparative physiology and physiological ecology, including specialist courses in mammal ecology. It will also be of value and use to the many professional mammologists requiring a concise overview of the topic.

Mammals are the so-called "pinnacle" group of vertebrates, successfully colonising virtually all terrestrial environments as well as the air (bats) and sea (especially pinnipeds and cetaceans). How mammals function and survive in these diverse environments has long fascinated mammologists, comparative physiologists and ecologists.Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Mammals explores the physiological mechanisms and evolutionary necessities that have made the spectacular adaptation of mammals possible. It summarises our current knowledge of the complex and sophisticated physiological approaches that mammals have for survival in a wide variety of ecological and environmental contexts: terrestrial, aerial, and aquatic. The authors have a strong comparative and quantitative focus in their broad approach to exploring mammal ecophysiology. As with other books in the Ecological and Environmental Physiology Series, the emphasis is on the unique physiological characteristics of mammals, their adaptations to extreme environments, and current experimental techniques and future research directions are also considered.This accessible text is suitable for graduate level students and researchers in the fields of mammalian comparative physiology and physiological ecology, including specialist courses in mammal ecology. It will also be of value and use to the many professional mammologists requiring a concise overview of the topic.

Respondiendo 49 preguntas relacionadas con la ecologí­a y biodiversidad recurrentes en los niños, los autores de Ecopreguntas para niños curiosos rescatan la curiosidad caracterí­stica de la infancia, buscando validarla como herramienta de aprendizaje.¿Por qué escupen los guanacos? ¿Se comunican las plantas? ¿Por qué es tan frí­o el mar en Chile? Estas son algunas de las preguntas a las que responde el presente libro, que también recoge dudas relativas a la biodiversidad de Chile.Este tí­tulo está pensado para lectores entre 6 y 12 años e incluye delicadas ilustraciones para cada respuesta.

Biodiversidad es un término que se inventó uniendo dos palabras, biología y diversidad, con el fin de describir y explicar la cantidad y variedad de organismos vivos que habitan en nuestro planeta. Microorganismos como las bacterias, plantas como los árboles y los pastos, animales desde las enormes ballenas hasta los más curiosos insectos, hongos, protistas y líquenes, junto con los ecosistemas terrestres y acuáticos en los que se desenvuelven y las complejidades ecológicas a través de las que se relacionan, conforman la gran diversidad biológica del planeta Tierra. Sin ella, nuestra existencia y la de todos los seres vivos no serían posibles. Este libro, orientado a un público juvenil, se estructura a partir de las siguientes preguntas: ¿qué es la biodiversidad?, ¿por qué es importante?, ¿cómo afectan los seres humanos a su equilibrio?, y lo principal: ¿qué podemos hacer para cuidar el futuro de los seres vivos en el planeta Tierra?

Conocer los efectos del calentamiento global sobre los diferentes tipos de organismos es útil para desarrollar relaciones causa-efecto y para identificar y predecir la gama óptima de hábitats y umbrales de estrés para diferentes tipos organismos que habitan distintos ecosistemas.Con esta intención, la presente publicación contribuye a conocer los impactos del cambio climático sobre los sistemas vivos y cómo esto afecta la función normal y patológica de los organismos, incluidos los humanos, mediante la presentación de estudios que permiten entender los mecanismos que explican los efectos biológicos del cambio climático.La biología funcional estudia los fenómenos biológicos en sus distintos niveles de organización —desde moléculas a organismos complejos e integrados— y plantea dos tipos de preguntas: ¿cómo operan los organismos en interacción con su ambiente?, y ¿cuáles son los procesos evolutivos que dan origen a una función?Por otro lado, es un hecho indesmentible que la temperatura media del planeta está aumentando. El cambio climático, también conocido como calentamiento global, se refiere al cambio en el clima causado por la actividad humana, lo que lo diferencia de los cambios climáticos que son producto de procesos geológicos naturales del planeta Tierra.