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This book summarizes our current knowledge of the complex and sophisticated physiological models that mammals provide for survival in a wide variety of ecological and environmental contexts: terrestrial, aerial, and aquatic.
Philip Withers completed his PhD in biology at the University of California at Los Angeles, in 1976, on fossorial and heterothermic mammals and birds. He then visited The University of Cape Town as a Postdoctoral Fellow, studying thermoregulation, energetics and water balance of desert vertebrates. He has subsequently held academic positions at Portland State University and currently the University of Western Australia. His major research area is comparative animal physiology, with a focus on the metabolic, thermal, respiratory, hygric and solute physiology of terrestrial vertebrates. His research melds laboratory and field studies to examine the mechanistic basis of physiological processes in an environmental context for wild, free-living animals. Christine Cooper completed her PhD in zoology at the University of Western Australia, studying numbat physiology and behaviour. She then spent a year as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of New England, studying thermoregulatory physiology. Since 2005 she has been a research and teaching academic at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia. Her major research area is environmental physiology, with a focus on the metabolic, hygric and thermal physiology of mammals and birds. Dr Cooper combines laboratory and field techniques to examine the mechanistic basis of physiological processes, and applies these to wild, free-living animals. Her work addresses basic scientific questions of environmental adaptation and evolution by applying physiological techniques to examine behavioural and ecological responses to environmental conditions and life history variables. Her work also directly contributes to improved species conservation and environmental management. Shane Maloney did his PhD on emu thermal biology at the University of New South Wales. He then did a post-doc with Duncan Mitchell in South Africa, focussing on brain and scrotal temperature regulation in mammals. Since 1999 he has been at the University of Western Australia. His predominant research field is thermal physiology, including work on production animals and humans. He is interested in physiological responses to the environment in general. Francisco Bozinovic is drawn to integrative animal biology by a fascination and curiosity-based drive to understand how animals work, behave and evolve. Specifically, his research interests cover a broad range of topics in integrative animal biology, but he is mostly engaged in ecological physiology with strong ties into behavioral ecology, evolutionary ecology and biogeography. Ariovaldo P. Cruz-Neto is author of over 50 publications on the physiology and ecology of a wide group of vertebrates, particularly mammals, with an extensive experience with bats. He has research experience on metabolic physiology, especially with topics concerning the proximate and ultimate factors responsible for patterns of energy expenditure in mammals.
Show moreThis book summarizes our current knowledge of the complex and sophisticated physiological models that mammals provide for survival in a wide variety of ecological and environmental contexts: terrestrial, aerial, and aquatic.
Philip Withers completed his PhD in biology at the University of California at Los Angeles, in 1976, on fossorial and heterothermic mammals and birds. He then visited The University of Cape Town as a Postdoctoral Fellow, studying thermoregulation, energetics and water balance of desert vertebrates. He has subsequently held academic positions at Portland State University and currently the University of Western Australia. His major research area is comparative animal physiology, with a focus on the metabolic, thermal, respiratory, hygric and solute physiology of terrestrial vertebrates. His research melds laboratory and field studies to examine the mechanistic basis of physiological processes in an environmental context for wild, free-living animals. Christine Cooper completed her PhD in zoology at the University of Western Australia, studying numbat physiology and behaviour. She then spent a year as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of New England, studying thermoregulatory physiology. Since 2005 she has been a research and teaching academic at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia. Her major research area is environmental physiology, with a focus on the metabolic, hygric and thermal physiology of mammals and birds. Dr Cooper combines laboratory and field techniques to examine the mechanistic basis of physiological processes, and applies these to wild, free-living animals. Her work addresses basic scientific questions of environmental adaptation and evolution by applying physiological techniques to examine behavioural and ecological responses to environmental conditions and life history variables. Her work also directly contributes to improved species conservation and environmental management. Shane Maloney did his PhD on emu thermal biology at the University of New South Wales. He then did a post-doc with Duncan Mitchell in South Africa, focussing on brain and scrotal temperature regulation in mammals. Since 1999 he has been at the University of Western Australia. His predominant research field is thermal physiology, including work on production animals and humans. He is interested in physiological responses to the environment in general. Francisco Bozinovic is drawn to integrative animal biology by a fascination and curiosity-based drive to understand how animals work, behave and evolve. Specifically, his research interests cover a broad range of topics in integrative animal biology, but he is mostly engaged in ecological physiology with strong ties into behavioral ecology, evolutionary ecology and biogeography. Ariovaldo P. Cruz-Neto is author of over 50 publications on the physiology and ecology of a wide group of vertebrates, particularly mammals, with an extensive experience with bats. He has research experience on metabolic physiology, especially with topics concerning the proximate and ultimate factors responsible for patterns of energy expenditure in mammals.
Show more1: Introduction to Mammals
2: General Physiological Principles
3: Physiological Characteristics of Mammals
4: Physiological Adaptations to Extreme Environments
5: Concepts/Approaches/Techniques/Applications
6: Conclusions and Future Directions
Philip Withers completed his PhD in biology at the University of
California at Los Angeles, in 1976, on fossorial and heterothermic
mammals and birds. He then visited The University of Cape Town as a
Postdoctoral Fellow, studying thermoregulation, energetics and
water balance of desert vertebrates. He has subsequently held
academic positions at Portland State University and currently the
University of Western Australia. His major research area is
comparative animal
physiology, with a focus on the metabolic, thermal, respiratory,
hygric and solute physiology of terrestrial vertebrates. His
research melds laboratory and field studies to examine the
mechanistic
basis of physiological processes in an environmental context for
wild, free-living animals. Christine Cooper completed her PhD in
zoology at the University of Western Australia, studying numbat
physiology and behaviour. She then spent a year as a Postdoctoral
Fellow at the University of New England, studying thermoregulatory
physiology. Since 2005 she has been a research and teaching
academic at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia. Her
major research area is environmental physiology,
with a focus on the metabolic, hygric and thermal physiology of
mammals and birds. Dr Cooper combines laboratory and field
techniques to examine the mechanistic basis of physiological
processes, and
applies these to wild, free-living animals. Her work addresses
basic scientific questions of environmental adaptation and
evolution by applying physiological techniques to examine
behavioural and ecological responses to environmental conditions
and life history variables. Her work also directly contributes to
improved species conservation and environmental management. Shane
Maloney did his PhD on emu thermal biology at the University of New
South Wales. He then did a post-doc with Duncan
Mitchell in South Africa, focussing on brain and scrotal
temperature regulation in mammals. Since 1999 he has been at the
University of Western Australia. His predominant research field is
thermal
physiology, including work on production animals and humans. He is
interested in physiological responses to the environment in
general. Francisco Bozinovic is drawn to integrative animal biology
by a fascination and curiosity-based drive to understand how
animals work, behave and evolve. Specifically, his research
interests cover a broad range of topics in integrative animal
biology, but he is mostly engaged in ecological physiology with
strong ties into behavioral ecology, evolutionary ecology
and biogeography. Ariovaldo P. Cruz-Neto is author of over 50
publications on the physiology and ecology of a wide group of
vertebrates, particularly mammals, with an extensive experience
with bats.
He has research experience on metabolic physiology, especially with
topics concerning the proximate and ultimate factors responsible
for patterns of energy expenditure in mammals.
Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Mammals belongs on the
shelf of every mammologist or anyone interested in the physiology
of mammalian adaptation and long-term survival.
*Kenneth B. Armitage, The Quarterly Review of Biology*
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