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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Andrew Clarke (British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 19.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.70cm Weight: 1.104kg ISBN: 9780199551675ISBN 10: 0199551677 Pages: 478 Publication Date: 27 July 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Energy and heat 3: Temperature and its measurement 4: Energy flow in organisms 5: Water 6: Freezing 7: Temperature and reaction rate 8: Metabolism 9: Temperature regulation 10: Endothermy 11: Torpor and hibernation 12: The Metabolic Theory of Ecology 13: Temperature, growth and size 14: Global temperature and life 15: Temperature and diversity 16: Global climate change and its ecological consequences 17: Ten principles of thermal ecologyReviewsMost ecologists go for their names up in lights rather than deriving the origin of the spacing of nicks on glass thermometers. This thoroughly researched and documented volumethe product of a life's worksupports more student-friendly gee-whiz texts of physiology and ecology....the science those details support puts the awe in the awesomeness of the metabolic theory of ecology (while meaningfully reducing the physics envy of practicing ecologists). There is no better way for getting comfortable with the arcane details than this. * G. C. Stevens, University of New Mexico, CHOICEr * This thoroughly researched and documented volume is the product of a life's work supports more student-friendly gee-whiz texts of physiology and ecology... There is no better way for getting comfortable with the arcane details than this. Highly recommended. * G. C. Stevens, CHOICE * Author InformationAndrew Clarke studied zoology and geology at Cambridge University, spending the summer of 1968 supporting geological fieldwork in Svalbard. After graduating from Cambridge University in 1970 he joined the British Antarctic Survey and spent the next 40 years working in South Georgia, the South Orkney Islands, the Antarctic Peninsula, and the Antarctic continent with the occasional return trip to Svalbard, and retired in 2010. His main ecological interests centre on how animals and plants relate to temperature. He has worked primarily with marine invertebrates and fish, but also on birds, mammals, and most recently dinosaurs. He has written over 180 scientific papers. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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