On the ecology of Australia's arid zone. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hans Lambers, editor.
• Editors: Lambers, H
• Contents: Intro; Contents; Introduction; References; Seeing Red: Some Aspects of the Geological and Climatic History of the Australian Arid Zone; Introduction; Modern Setting; Measuring Redness; Atmospheric Oxygen; Early History (Precambrian); Middle History (Palaeozoic and Mesozoic); From Greenhouse to Icehouse in the Cenozoic; Geomorphic Evidence of Late Cenozoic Aridity in Central Australia; Drivers of Australian Aridity; Landscape Evolution; Aridity and Redness in Central Australia: Some Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgements; References; Evolutionary History; Introduction. Origins and Diversification of the Arid-Zone BiotaAdaptation to Aridity; Species Persistence and Intraspecific Divergence; New Insights; Opportunities and Challenges; References; Mineral Nutrition of Plants in Australia's Arid Zone; Introduction; Mineral Nutrition of Acacia Species; Non-mycotrophic Plants; The Role of the Desert Crust in Nutrient Cycling; Termites and Their Symbionts as a Source of N; Metal-Accumulating Plant Species; Manganese; Nickel; Gold; Concluding Remarks; References; Ecophysiology of Australian Arid-Zone Marsupials; Introduction; The Nature of Stress. An Operational Definition of StressTemperature Regulation; 'Adaptive Heterothermy'; Torpor; Water and Electrolyte Balance; The Quokka; Barrow Island Macropods; The Barrow Island Euro; Desert Wallabies; Seasonal Deficiencies of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Energy; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Glossary; References; Ecophysiology of Australian Arid-Zone Reptiles; Introduction; Temperature Regulation; Water Turnover and Osmoregulation; Conclusion; Glossary; References; The Evolution, Physiology and Ecology of the Australian Arid-Zone Frog Fauna; Introduction; Frog Fauna of the Australian Arid Zone. Evolution and Biogeography of the Arid-Zone Frog FaunaDiversity and Biogeography of Arid-Zone Uperoleia Species; Diversity and Biogeography of Arid-Zone Platyplectrum Species; Diversity and Biogeography of Arid-Zone Neobatrachus Species; Diversity and Biogeography of Arid-Zone Pseudophryne Species; Diversity and Biogeography of Arid-Zone Notaden Species; Diversity and Biogeography of Arid-Zone Crinia Species; Diversity and Biogeography of Arid-Zone Limnodynastes Species; Diversity and Biogeography of Arid-Zone Litoria and Dryopsophus Species; Arid-Zone Frog Fauna: Overview. Coping with Aridity: Physiological, Morphological and Behavioural AdaptationsCoping with Water Loss in an Arid Environment Without Burrowing; Burrowing Behaviour and Associated Morphologies as Adaptations to Aridity; Energetics of Dormancy While Waiting for Rain; Diets of Frogs in the Arid Zone; Population Density; How Do Frogs in the Arid Zone Speciate?; Call Structure and Evolution by Polyploidy in Arid-Zone Frogs: The Genus Neobatrachus; Conservation Status and Challenges for Arid Australian Anurans; Conclusions.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 577.54; Life sciences; Arid regions ecology -- Australia; NATURE -- Ecology; NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness; SCIENCE -- Environmental Science; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Arid regions ecology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Botany; Science -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General; Social Science -- Archaeology; Botany & plant sciences; Zoology & animal sciences; Archaeology; Ecology; Archaeology; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Australia; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319939438; 3319939432
• Related ISBNs: 9783319939421; 3319939424
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed August 27, 2018).
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