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Homeostasis in desert reptiles /

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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:
Reptiles > physiology.
Adaptation, Physiological.
Homeostasis.
Desert Climate.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Behavioural mechanisms
  • The Neuronal basis for thermoregulation
  • Maintenance of thermal homeostasis in the field
  • Conclusion.