Extreme measures : the ecological energetics of birds and mammals /

Along with reproduction, balancing energy expenditure with the limits of resource acquisition is essential for both a species and a population to survive. But energy is a limited resource, as we know well, so birds and mammals--the most energy-intensive fauna on the planet--must reduce energy expend...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McNab, Brian Keith, 1932-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Temas:
Warm-blooded animals > Ecology.
Warm-blooded animals > Evolution.
Bioenergetics.
Body temperature > Regulation.
Basal metabolism.
Zoology.
Science.
Natural history.
Homéothermes > Écologie.
Homéothermes > Évolution.
Bioénergétique.
Thermorégulation.
Métabolisme basal.
Zoologie.
Sciences.
Sciences naturelles.
zoology.
sciences (philosophy)
natural sciences.
NATURE > Animals > Mammals.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Mammals.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Fundamentals
  • Basic energetics
  • Controversies in the analysis of quantitative data
  • Ecological consequences
  • A general analysis of BMR
  • Small and large
  • A diversity of food habits
  • Life in the cold
  • Life in hot dry and warm moist environments
  • Evasions
  • Field existences
  • Island life
  • An active life
  • Life in the field
  • The limits to geographic distribution
  • Population consequences
  • A pouched (and egg-laying) life
  • Energetics and the population biology of endotherms
  • Evolutionary consequences
  • The evolution of endothermy
  • The restrictions and liberations of history
  • The future
  • Global issues: the limitation to a long-term future.

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