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Thermal adaptation : a theoretical and empirical synthesis /
In this book, the author draws on theory from the more general discipline of evolutionary ecology to establish a framework for interpreting empirical studies of thermal biology. This synthesis of theoretical and empirical work generates new insights about the process of thermal adaptation and points...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Colección: | Oxford biology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Evolutionary thermal biology
- 2. Thermal heterogeneity
- 3. Thermal sensitivity
- 4. Thermoregulation
- 5. Thermal acclimation
- 6. Temperature and the life history
- 7. Thermal coadaptation
- 8. Thermal games
- 9. Adaptation to anthropogenic climate change
- References
- Author index
- Species index
- Subject index.