Overview
- First full overview on all aspects of aestivation
- Written by international experts of the field
- Book addresses aestivation not only in reptiles, but also in mammals, birds, fish, sponges, insects and fossils
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology (PMSB, volume 49)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Numerous animal species live in environments characterized by a seasonal reduction in the availability of water, which often but not always occurs when temperatures are highest. For many such animals, survival during the toughest season requires spending long periods of time in a rather inactive state known as aestivation. But aestivation is much more than remaining inactive. Successful aestivation requires the selection of a proper microhabitat, variable degrees of metabolic arrest and responsiveness to external stimuli, the ability to sense the proper time of year for emergence, the preservation of inactive tissue, and much more. So, aestivation involves a complex collection of behaviors, ecological associations and physiological adjustments that vary across species in their type, magnitude and course. This book seeks to explore the phenomenon of aestivation from different perspectives and levels of organization, ranging from microhabitat selection to genetic control of physiological adjustments. It brings together authors from across the world working on different systematic groups, approaches, and questions, but who are all ultimately working to better understand the complex issue of aestivation.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Aestivation
Book Subtitle: Molecular and Physiological Aspects
Editors: Carlos Arturo Navas, José Eduardo Carvalho
Series Title: Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02421-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-02420-7Published: 18 November 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-26138-1Published: 14 March 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-02421-4Published: 12 January 2010
Series ISSN: 0079-6484
Series E-ISSN: 2197-8484
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 268
Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Animal Physiology, Cell Physiology, Animal Biochemistry, Cell Biology