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Endocrines and Osmoregulation
A Comparative Account in Vertebrates
Av P.J. Bentley
Inbunden, 2002
1643 kr
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The opportunity to prepare a second edition of a book that was originally written 30 years ago has provided me with both a challenge and a source of pleas over ure; the former as it needed to be spatially constrained within its original limits. Nevertheless, over 1000 references have been added. I …
Gas Exchangers
Structure, Function, and Evolution of the Respiratory Processes
Inbunden, 1998
879 kr
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The factors which set the metabolic potentials of animals - the physicochemistry of the respiratory medium utilized, the phylogenetic level of development, the habitat occupied, and the life-style pursued -, have been the most decisive determinants of the constructions of the gas exchangers. After …
Hearing - the Brain and Auditory Communication in Marsupials
Av L. Aitkin
Inbunden, 1998
1207 kr
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This work documents various studies on hearing in marsupials and relates this information to their vocal behaviour. The organization of the brain auditory pathways of marsupials is compared with those of eutherian mammals and related to the structure of the periphery. The information on marsupials …
Endocrines and Osmoregulation
A Comparative Account in Vertebrates
Av P.J. Bentley
Häftad, 2010
1692 kr
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The opportunity to prepare a second edition of a book that was originally written 30 years ago has provided me with both a challenge and a source of pleas over ure; the former as it needed to be spatially constrained within its original limits. Nevertheless, over 1000 references have been added. I …
Hearing — the Brain and Auditory Communication in Marsupials
Häftad, 2012
1128 kr
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This monograph evolved from years of research into the auditory pathway and hearing of many species of marsupials. Its function is to give biologists, in par ticular neurobiologists, a broad description and review of what is known of the auditory sensory capacities and processing mechanisms in …
Gas Exchangers
Structure, Function, and Evolution of the Respiratory Processes
Häftad, 2012
569 kr
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"Amongst animals, diversity of form and of environmental circumstances have given rise to a multitude of different adap tations subserving the relatively unified patterns of cellular metabolism. Nowhere else is this state of affairs better exem plified than in the realm of respiration". Jones …
Renin-Angiotensin System
Comparative Aspects
Av Hideshi Kobayashi, Yoshio Takei
Häftad, 2012
569 kr
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The renin-angiotensin system and the mechanisms regulating this system developed during the adaptive evolution of verte brates, along with many other systems involved in the in tegrated survival of the organism. Because animal species have evolved from common ancestral populations, a basis for …
Fishes of the Amazon and Their Environment
Physiological and Biochemical Aspects
Av A.L. Val, V.M.F.de Almeida-Val
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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The Amazon is a giant piece of "amphibian" land which is the result of complex geological and evolutionary processes. The number of living beings in such a land is difficult to estimate. The interactions between these organ isms and the environment are fascinating but barely understood. These …
Magnetic Orientation in Animals
Häftad, 2011
1207 kr
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Biological effects of magnetic fields have been studied in many animals and plants. The magnetic fields were of a wide intensity range and, as alternating fields, of a wide frequency range and of a variety of impulse shapes. Effects on the cellular level, on bio chemical processes, growth and …
Nervous System Regeneration in the Invertebrates
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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Invertebrate animals represent a diversity of solutions to life's challenges. Success in a wide range of environments has been achieved by an almost bewildering range of invertebrate body forms. These body forms are reflected in the wonderful diversity of their nervous systems. Despite this …
Reproductive Biology of the Chelonia
Häftad, 2011
1643 kr
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I had the good fortune to first meet Gerald Kuchling in 1985 when attending a conference held at the CNRS research centre, the Centre d'Etudes Biologiques des Animaux Sauvages (CEBAS), which is a wonderful scientific field station tucked away in the Foret de Chize, not far from the southwest town …
Significance of Zoochromes
Av A.E. Needham
Häftad, 2012
1098 kr
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As the title indicates, the theme of this book is the functions of biochromes in animals. Recent works on zoochromes, such as those of D. L. Fox (1953), H. M. Fox and VEVERS (1960) and VUILLAUME (1969), have been concerned primarily with the chemical nature and the taxonomic distribution of these …
Biology of the Arthropod Cuticle
Av A.C. Neville
Häftad, 2011
1128 kr
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Mention the words 'arthropod cuticle' to most biologists and they usually provoke a glazed expression. This is because the cuticle is commonly regarded as an inert substance. It is hoped that this book will dispel this fallacy. The study of cuticle in its proper context now involves many of the …
Migration and Homing in Animals
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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On being asked to write a book on migration and homing in animals, intended as an introductory text to inform and stimulate both students and non-specialists, I saw the following alternatives for an outline: (1) I could discuss known or hypothetical mechanisms of orientation, and enumerate animals …
Ethology of Predation
Av E. Curio
Häftad, 2012
1098 kr
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Predation is an ecological factor of almost universal importance for the biol ogist who aims at an understanding of the habits and structures of animals. Despite its pervasive nature opinions differ as to what predation really is. So far it has been defined only in negative terms; it is thought …
African Ungulates
A Comparative Review of Their Ethology and Behavioral Ecology
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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This book has been written mostly within sight of wild African ungulates, at the research center in Tsavo East National Park, V oi, Kenya. While this had many positive aspects, there were also a few drawbacks. The main one of these is the fact that Voi is not exactly at the hub of scientific …
Water Balance in Land Arthropods
Av E. B. Edney
Häftad, 2012
1098 kr
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Writers on arthropod water relationships range from bio physicists and biochemists to population ecologists-a fact that gives cause to wonder whether the field is already too heterogeneous to be written about in a single book by a single author. I have partly avoided the problem by concentrating …
Carabid Beetles in Their Environments
A Study on Habitat Selection by Adaptations in Physiology and Behaviour
Av H.U. Thiele
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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With the increasing numbers of research workers and groups of investigators devoting themselves to the ecology of carabids I felt that the time had come to take stock of the existing knowledge in this field and to endeavour to weld my personal results and those of other workers into a comprehensive …
Diversity and Adaptation in Fish Behaviour
Häftad, 2012
1128 kr
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Fish are extremely successful vertebrates. Because of a long and divergent history they are now found in almost every conceiv able aquatic habitat. This radiation has been accompanied by great diversity in structure, physiology, and behaviour. Despite this variability, fish must solve a number of …
Osmoregulation in Birds
Av E. Skadhauge
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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The approach of this treatise is physiological throughout. In the eyes of the author it answers the rhetorical question raised by Maurice B. Visscher at the Physiology Congress in Washington D. C. in 1968: Does physiology exist? What he meant by this question was whether the fields of cellular …
Autonomic Nerve Function in the Vertebrates
Av S. Nilsson
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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The intention of this book is to offer a comprehensive description and discussion of autonomic nerve function in the vertebrates from several points of view. Sections on anatomy, biochemistry of the transmitter substances and the structure, physiology and pharmacology of the different types of …
Olfactory Imprinting and Homing in Salmon
Investigations into the Mechanism of the Imprinting Process
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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Chance Favors Only the Prepared Mind How does a scientist go about the task of pushing back the curtains of the unknown? Certainly the romance of tackling the mysteries of nature provides the motivation, for who would not be inspired by the remarkable life history of this romantic beast, the …
Spermatophores
Development, Structure, Biochemical Attributes and Role in the Transfer of Spermatozoa
Av T. Mann
Häftad, 2013
551 kr
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Physiology and biochemistry of male reproductive function and semen became the main area of my research in 1944, after my attention was finally diverted frorp. animal cells in general, to mammalian spermatozoa specifically~ Ever since, the interest has remained largely focussed on reproductive …
Adaptation to Altitude-Hypoxia in Vertebrates
Av P. Bouverot
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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Adaptation to altitude hypoxia is characterized by a variety offunctional changes which collectively facilitate oxygen trans port from the ambient medium to the cells of the body. All of these changes can be seen at one time or another in the course of hypoxic exposure. Yet, as already stressed …
Control of Fish Migration
Av R.J.F. Smith
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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Fish migration is important and spectacular. Migratory fish gather energy in one portion of the environment and transport it to other areas, where it often becomes available to humans or to other elements in the ecosystem. Migration brings fish into situations that allow easy harvest as they …
Circannual Rhythms
Endogenous Annual Clocks in the Organization of Seasonal Processes
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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In addition to the more or less static properties of the environ ment, plants and animals must cope with its temporal variations. Among the most conspicuous temporal changes to which organisms are exposed are periodic phenomena generated by the rotation of the earth about its axis, its revolution …
Comparative Aspects of Extracellular Acid-Base Balance
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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Interest in comparative acid-base physiology has considerably grown during last decades even in the absence of major technical or conceptual advances. This is firstly because it has become clear that the extracellular acid-base state reflects the performance of many exchange functions at the …
Comparative Physiology of the Pancreatic Islets
Av August Epple, Jack E. Brinn
Häftad, 2011
569 kr
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As far as we are aware, this is the first attempt to cover the com parative physiology of the pancreatic islets in a monograph. The topics discussed would probably have sufficed to fill about half a dozen monographs, a matter that becomes obvious from a look at the Contents. Hence, we have tried …
Diverse Divers
Physiology and behavior
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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This book is not a conventional review of diving physiology. The coverage of the literature has been selective rather than en compassing, the emphasis has been on field studies rather than laboratory investigations, and the dive responses described are often discussed from the perspective of some …
Peripheral Hearing Mechanisms in Reptiles and Birds
Häftad, 2011
1098 kr
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Reptiles and birds have highly diverse hearing organs. Data on a huge amount of information concerning all aspects of structural, neurophysiological and anatomical aspects are reviewed as published up to mid-1988: in addition a good deal of yet unpublished data from the author's laboratory are …
