Amphibian and reptile adaptations to the environment : interplay between physiology and behavior /: interplay between physiology and behavior. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Denis Vieira de Andrade, Instituto de Biociências, UNESP, Univ Estadual Paulista, Department de Zoologia, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil, Catherine R. Bevier, Department of Biology, Colby College, Waterville, ME, USA, José Eduardo de Carvalho, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil.
• Editors: Andrade, Denis Vieira de, 1971-; Bevier, Catherine R; Carvalho, José Eduardo
• Contents: Chapter 1. Behavior and physiology : an ecological and evolutionary viewpoint on the energy and water relations of ectothermic amphibians and reptiles / Harvey B. Lillywhite -- chapter 2. Acclimation, acclimatization, and seasonal variation in amphibians and reptiles / Alexander G. Little and Frank Seebacher -- chapter 3. Physiological and biochemical correlates of calling behavior in anurans with different calling strategies / Catherine R. Bevier -- chapter 4. Digestive physiology in reptiles with special reference to pythons / Sanne Enok, Lasse Stærdal Simonsen, Peter Funch, Aksel Kruse, Jens Frederik Dahlerup, and Tobias Wang -- chapter 5. Effects of feeding on the respiration of ectothermic vertebrates / José Eduardo de Carvalho, Denis Vieira de Andrade, and William K. Milsom -- chapter 6. Temperature effects on the metabolism of amphibians and reptiles : caveats and recommendations / Denis Vieira de Andrade -- chapter 7. Physiological ecology and conservation of anuran amphibians / Carlos A. Navas, Fernando R. Gomes, and Eleonora Aguiar De Domenico -- chapter 8. Assessing the physiological sensitivity of amphibians to extreme environmental change using the stress endocrine responses / Edward J. Narayan.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 571.179 A526; Amphibians -- Ecophysiology; Reptiles -- Ecophysiology; Amphibians -- Behavior; Reptiles -- Behavior; Amphibians -- Adaptation; Reptiles -- Adaptation; NATURE -- Animals -- Fish; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ichthyology & Herpetology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482222067; 9781315373638; 1315373637; 9781315337135; 1315337134; 9781315356198; 1315356198
• Related ISBNs: 148222206X; 9781482222043; 1482222043
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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