The Thermal Warriors : : Strategies of Insect Survival / / Bernd Heinrich.
All bodily activity is the result of the interplay of vastly complex physiological processes, and all of these processes depend on temperature. For insects, the struggle to keep body temperature within a suitable range for activity and competition is often a matter of life and death. A few studies o...
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Heinrich, Bernd, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Thermal Warriors : Strategies of Insect Survival / Bernd Heinrich. Reprint 2014 Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013] ©1996 1 online resource (221 p.) : 73 halftones, 10 line illustrations, 12 color illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- I. From Cold Crawlers to Hot Flyers -- 2. Heat Balance -- 3. The Flight Motor -- 4. Warm-Up by Shivering -- 5. Warm-Up by Basking -- 6. Cooling Off -- 7. Form and Function -- 8. Conserving Energy -- 9. Why Do Insects Thermoregulate? -- 10. Strategies for Survival -- 11. Thermal Arms Races -- 12. Heat Treatments -- 13. Heating and Cooling the Nest -- 14. Insects in Man-Made Habitats -- Epilogue -- Selected Readings -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star All bodily activity is the result of the interplay of vastly complex physiological processes, and all of these processes depend on temperature. For insects, the struggle to keep body temperature within a suitable range for activity and competition is often a matter of life and death. A few studies of temperature regulation in butterflies can be found dating back to the late 1800s, but only recently have scientists begun to study the phenomenon in other insects. In The Thermal Warriors Bernd Heinrich explains how, when, and in general what insects regulate their body temperature and what it means to them. As he shows us, the ingenuity of the survival strategies insects have evolved in the irreducible crucible of temperature is astonishing: from shivering and basking, the construction of turrets (certain tiger beetles), and cooling with liquid feces to stilting (some desert ants and beetles), "panting" in grasshoppers and "sweating cicada," and counter- and alternating-currents of blood flow for heat retention and heat loss. In The Thermal Warriors Heinrich distills his great reference work, The Hot-Blooded Insects, to its essence: the most significant and fascinating stories that illustrate general principles, all conveyed in the always engaging prose we have come to expect from this author. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Body temperature Regulation. Insecten. Insekten. Thermoregulation. Tiere (Zoologie). Wärmehaushalt. Wärmehaushalt. Body temperature -- Regulation. Insects -- Physiology. SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution. SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology. SCIENCE / Mechanics / Thermodynamics. SCIENCE / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package 9783110353488 ZDB-23-HCO Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Science eBook Package 9783110353549 ZDB-23-HSP Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999 9783110442212 print 9780674183759 https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674183773 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674183773 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674183773.jpg |
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