Fires of life : endothermy in birds and mammals /

A groundbreaking argument on how endothermy-arguably the most important innovation in vertebrate evolution-developed in birds and mammals This pioneering work investigates why endothermy, or "warm-bloodedness," evolved in birds and mammals, despite its enormous energetic costs. Arguing tha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lovegrove, Barry (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2019]
Temas:
Warm-blooded animals > Evolution.
Evolution (Biology)
Macroevolution.
Body temperature > Regulation.
Mammals.
Body Temperature Regulation
Mammals
Homéothermes > Évolution.
Macroévolution.
Thermorégulation.
Mammifères.
Mammalia (class)
MEDICAL > Physiology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Human Anatomy & Physiology.
Body temperature > Regulation
Macroevolution
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PART I. The story in the rocks
  • A narrative of travels
  • Conquering land: ticking boxes
  • The Karoo
  • The permo-triassic kick-start
  • Reptile takeover
  • The great shrinking
  • Feathers and fur
  • Taking to the air
  • The heat of darkness
  • PART II. The story in the bloods
  • The day of reckoning
  • Clown mouse and golden mole
  • Madness
  • Ankarafantsika
  • Ancient hibernation
  • Twenty-four nipples
  • The pronghorn pinnacle
  • Cool sperm
  • Why we are hot
  • Appendix one: heat on demand
  • Appendix two: nasal evaporative cooling
  • Appendix three: family trees
  • References
  • Index.

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