 : Davenport, J
: Animal Life at Low Temperature
Book Condition: New
ISBN: 978-0-412-40350-7
Inventory number: 002317
1991. 26cm. Pp.264. Hardbound. This book presents a broad picture of the adaptations and responses of terrestrial and aquatic animals to low temperatures. It draws together the results of much recent research into topics such as hibernation, antifreezes in fish, the evolution of warm-bloodedness and the importance of cold to evolution and extinction. The book is wide-ranging, describing the life of bats and icefish, lemmings and penguins, intertidal mussels and high altitude lizards. One chapter is devoted to the effects on and responses to cold in Man.
978-0-412-40350-7. Animal Life at Low Temperature, Davenport
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