Energetics of Desert Invertebrates

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-34

3. Foraging: The Acquisition of Energy

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   Pages 35-116

4. Metobolism: The Expenditure of Energy

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   Pages 117-139

5. Budgeting of Energy

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   Pages 141-167

6. Storage: The Hoarding of Energy

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   Pages 169-175

7. Quiescence and Dormancy: Waiting Out Energy Shortages

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   Pages 177-191

8. Migration and Nomadism: Tracking Energy Sources

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   Pages 193-204

9. Community Dynamics: The Flow of Energy

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   Pages 205-227

10. Overview

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    Pages 229-236

11. Back Matter

    Pages 237-266

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Desert invertebrates live in an environment where resources alternate unpredictably between brief periods of plenty and prolonged scarcity. This book describes the adaptive strategies of desert invertebrates in acquiring energy and sustaining life under such vicissitudes. Some cooperate in foraging; others compete for resources. Some are nomadic and migrate to more favorable sites as conditions change. Others conserve energy by going into a deep dormancy until better conditions return. Still others store food during plenty and retreat underground during less favorable times.
The adaptive modes of husbanding scarce energy resources are diverse and lead to an appreciation of the intricate interactions of animals living near their environmental limits.

• Anpassung, Wüsten
• Deserts
• Energie, Wirbellose
• Stoffwechsel, Wirbellose
• Verhalten, Wirbellose
• Wüsten
• adaptation, deserts
• adaption, deserts
• behaviour, invertebrates
• ecology
• energetics, invertebrates
• invertebrates
• metabolism, invertebrates

• Department of Zoology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA

  Harold Heatwole

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