Homeostasis in desert reptiles /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bradshaw, S. D. (Sidney Donald)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer Verlag, [1997]
Series:Adaptations of desert organisms.
Subjects:

MARC

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505 0 |a The Osmotic anatomy of the reptiles -- Evidence for homeostasis -- A Comparative account -- Water and electrolytes in reptiles as a group -- Conclusions -- Water and electrolyte homeostasis -- Basic concepts -- The Maintenance of homeostasis -- Regulatory responses -- The Concept of stress -- Effector systems -- Kidney morphology -- Derivation of renal parameters -- Teh Cloacal-colonic complex in reptiles -- The Cephalic salt-secreting glands -- Osmoregulation in crocodiles, alligators and chelonians -- Extent of environmental exchange -- Kidney and cloaca -- Salt-excreting glands -- Desert tortoises -- Osmoregulation in lizards -- Hypernatraemia and hyperkalaemia in lizards -- Studies of the agamid genus amphibolurus (ctenophorus and pogona) in australia.  
505 0 |a The Desert iguana (dipsosaurus dorsalis) in north america -- The Chuckwallas (sauromalus obesus and S. hispidus) -- Two saharan lizards: le fouette-queue (uromastix acanthinurus) and the varanid varanus griseus -- The Mountain or thorny devil (moloch horridus) -- Osmoregulation in snakes -- Conclusions -- Activity and hormonal control of excretory organs -- Avant propos -- The Kidney -- Renal clearances and the handling of water and solutes.  
505 0 |a Neurohypophysial hormones -- Adrenocortical hormones -- Localisation of action of arginine vasotocin in kidney tubules -- The Cloacal-colonic complex -- Cephalic salt-secreting glands -- Conclusion -- Thermal homeostasis -- Generalities -- The Interpretation of field studies -- Physiological mechanisms -- Metabolic characteristics of ectotherms -- Sources of heat production in reptiles -- Thermal hysterisis and changes in dermal vascularity -- Panting and evaporative heat loss -- The Pineal eye and photoperiod -- Hormonal influences on thermoregulation.  
505 0 |a Behavioural mechanisms -- The Neuronal basis for thermoregulation -- Maintenance of thermal homeostasis in the field -- Conclusion.  
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