| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 268 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Progress in molecular and subcellular biology, 0079-6484 ; 49 |
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Progress in molecular and subcellular biology ; 49
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| Contents |
Metabolic depression: a historical perspective / Philip C. Withers, Christine E. Cooper.-- Metabolic regulation and gene expression during aestivation / Kenneth B. Storey, Janet M. Storey.-- Connection between oxidative stress and estivation in gastropods and anurans / Marlize Ferreira-Cravo, Alexis F. Weiker, Marcelo Hermes-Lima.-- Nitrogen metabolism and excretion during aestivation / Y.K. Ip, S.F. Chew.-- Aestivation in mammals and birds / Fritz Geiser.-- Metabolic rate suppression as a mechanism for surviving environmental challenge in fish / Jeffrey G. Richards.-- Energy and water in aestivating amphibians / Jose E. Carvalho, Carlos A. Navas, Isabel C. Pereira.-- Effects of aestivation on skeletal muscle performance / Rob S. James.-- Morphological plasticity of verterbrate aestivation / Stephen M. Secor, Jean-Herve Lignot.-- Water management by dormant insects: comparisons between dehydration resistance during summer aestivation and winter diapause / Joshua B. Benoit |
| Summary |
This first full overview on all aspects of aestivation explores the phenomenon of aestivation from different perspectives and levels of organization. It addresses the topic not only in reptiles, but also in mammals, birds, fish, sponges, insects and fossils |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Dormancy (Biology)
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Metabolism -- Regulation.
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Physiology.
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Biochemistry.
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Estivation -- genetics
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Estivation -- physiology
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Physiology
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Biochemistry
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physiology.
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biochemistry.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Anatomy & Physiology.
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Estivation -- physiology.
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Dormancy (Biology)
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Metabolism -- Regulation.
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Estivation -- genetics.
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Biomédecine.
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Sciences de la vie.
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Dormancy (Biology)
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Metabolism -- Regulation
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Sommerschlaf
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Navas, Carlos Arturo.
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Carvalho, José Eduardo.
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| LC no. |
2009929704 |
| ISBN |
9783642024214 |
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3642024211 |
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3642261388 |
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9783642261381 |
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1282830511 |
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9781282830516 |
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9786612830518 |
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6612830514 |
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