Vertebrate ecophysiology an introduction to its principles and applications / [[Book] :]
Don Bradshaw.
- 1st.
- Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
- xi, 287 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-274) and index.
Homeostasis : a fundamental organising paradigm in ecophysiology -- Stress : the concept and the reality -- Basic methods used in ecophysiological studies -- Turnover methodology : theory and practice -- Case studies of stress : incidence and intensity -- Survival in deserts -- Torpor and hibernation in cold climates -- Marine birds and mammals.