Research Catalog

Title

Environmental physiology of the amphibians / edited by Martin E. Feder and Warren W. Burggren.

Publication

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1992.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Feder, Martin E.
• Burggren, Warren W.

Description

viii, 646 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Summary

Through its emphasis on recent research, its many summary tables, and its bibliography of more than 4,000 entries, this first modern, synthetic treatment of comparative amphibian environmental physiology emerges as "the definitive reference for the field. Forty internationally respected experts review the primary data, examine current research trends, and identify productive avenues for future research.

Subjects

• Amphibiens > Écologie
• Amphibiens > Physiologie
• Amphibians > Ecology
• Fisiologia animal
• Anfibios (biologia)
• Vertebrados (biologia)
• Amphybia (sistematica)
• Umweltphysiologie
• Physiologie
• Lurche
• Autökologie
• Amphibians > Physiology
• Amphibians > physiology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 531-626) and indexes.

Contents

The nervous system / Walter Wilczynski -- Endocrinology / Ceil A. Herman -- Biophysics of heat and mass transfer / James R. Spotila, Michael P. O'Connor and George S. Bakken -- Exchange of respiratory gases, ions and water in amphibious and aquatic amphibians / Robert G. Boutilier, Daniel F. Stiffler, and Daniel P. Toews -- Exchange of water, ions, and respiratory gases in terrestrial amphibians / Vaughan H. Shoemaker [and others] -- Sensory mechanisms regulation the cardiovascular and respiratory systems / Nigel H. West and Bruce N. Van Vliet -- The influence of temperature and thermal acclimation on physiological function / Lawrence C. Rome, E. Don Stevens and Henry B. John-Alder -- Thermoregulation / Victor H. Hutchison and R. Keith Dupré -- Estivation and hibernation / Alan W. Pinder, Kenneth B. Storey, and Gordon R. Ultsch -- Striated muscle / Carl Gans and Greet De Gueldre -- Energetics at rest and during licomotion / Robert E. Gatten, Jr., Kirk Miller, and Robert J. Full -- Feeding and digestion / Lis Olesen Larsen -- Behavioral energetics / F. Harvey Pough [and others] -- Growth and reproduction / C. Barker Jørgensen -- Developmental changes in physiological systems / Warren W. Burggren and John J. Just.

ISBN

• 0226239438
• 9780226239439
• 0226239446
• 9780226239446

LCCN

91030944

OCLC

• ocm24374386
• 24374386
• SCSB-9668022

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library