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Life in the cold : Eleventh International Hibernation Symposium /

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This book gives an up-to-date account of the current knowledge of cold adaptation in animals, including phenomena like hibernation, daily torpor, thermoregulation and thermogenesis, metabolic regulation, freeze tolerance, anaerobiosis, metabolic depression and related processes. For the next four ye...

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Corporate Authors: International Hibernation Symposium Jungholz, Austria, SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Heldmaier, Gerhard, 1941-, Klingenspor, Martin, 1961-
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2000]
Subjects:
Cold adaptation > Congresses.
Body Temperature Regulation > Congresses.
Cold Climate > Congresses.
Hibernation > Congresses.
Froid > Effets physiologiques > Congrès.
Résistance au froid > Congrès.
Hibernation > Congrès.
Tiere.
Kälteanpassung.
Torpor <Zoologie>.
Jungholz <Tirol, 2000>.
Cold adaptation.
Electronic books.
Conference proceedings.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Evolution and Ecophysiology of Torpor
  • Physiological Mechanisms of Torpor
  • Biochemical and Molecular Mechanisms of Torpor
  • Energy Balance and Cold Adaptation.