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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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Lovegrove, Barry (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2019]
Sujets:
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
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