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Arctic Life of Birds and Mammals

Author : L. Irving
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642856551
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (428 download)

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Download or read book Arctic Life of Birds and Mammals written by L. Irving and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After travel through Alaska during the Second World War, in 1947 I went to Barrow with a very lively group of biologists. From their productive research developed the Arctic Research Laboratory. While we examined the rather surpris ingly modest metabolic rates of arctic warmblooded animals in cold, PER SCHO LANDER proposed and then carried out measurements of metabolism of some tropi cal animals in Panama. The differences could be formulated to show the basis of adaptation to arctic cold and to tropical warmth. Imagination and logic were required to formulate the comparison so that it could become a part of science, but the essential measurements were derived from animals and plants in their own arctic and tropical environments. Characteristics that adapt the forms of life to climatic conditions of various environments appear clear in the large dimensions of extremely differing climates. At the time of my arrival in Alaska many of the arctic Eskimos were still largely dependent on natural resources of their immediate and local environment, in which great seasonal changes in temperature and solar radiation appeared as dominant factors. The living environment on which they subsisted was also mar kedly affected by the changes of the seasons, in particular by the change in state of water to ice that terminated summer and by the melting that brought the late transition from winter to summer.

Arctic Animals and Their Adaptations to Life on the Edge

Author : Arnoldus Schytte Blix
Publisher : Tapir Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 9788251920506
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book Arctic Animals and Their Adaptations to Life on the Edge written by Arnoldus Schytte Blix and published by Tapir Academic Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where and what is the Arctic? What animals live there, and how are they distributed? How do they cope with cold in their austere environment, and how can Arctic mammals survive birth when it is 40 degrees below freezing. How can seals dive to a depth of 1000 metres and stay submerged for more than an hour, and how does complete darkness in winter affect the inhabitants of the high Arctic? This book answers these questions and also gives an introduction to the Arctic. It is based on the author's 40 years of experience in the Arctic, its environment and animal life. As this book contains almost 200 illustrations and deals with the entire Arctic animal kingdom, it will be suitable as a textbook for courses in Arctic biology, and also serve specialists in the field. It is a reference book and a source of information about published original literature.

Birds and Mammals of the Antarctic, Subantarctic and Falkland Islands

Author : Frank Todd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780888391285
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (912 download)

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Book Synopsis Birds and Mammals of the Antarctic, Subantarctic and Falkland Islands by : Frank Todd

Download or read book Birds and Mammals of the Antarctic, Subantarctic and Falkland Islands written by Frank Todd and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Arctic Wings

Author : Stephen Charles Brown
Publisher : Braided River
ISBN 13 : 9780898869750
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (697 download)

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Download or read book Arctic Wings written by Stephen Charles Brown and published by Braided River. This book was released on 2006 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two hundred color images celebrating the birds that journey to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge each year are accompanied by essays by noted biologists and conservationists.

The Arctic Guide

Author : Sharon Chester
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400865964
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Arctic Guide written by Sharon Chester and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive full-color field guide to Arctic wildlife The Arctic Guide presents the traveler and naturalist with a portable, authoritative guide to the flora and fauna of earth's northernmost region. Featuring superb color illustrations, this one-of-a-kind book covers the complete spectrum of wildlife—more than 800 species of plants, fishes, butterflies, birds, and mammals—that inhabit the Arctic’s polar deserts, tundra, taiga, sea ice, and oceans. It can be used anywhere in the entire Holarctic region, including Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, Siberia, the Russian Far East, islands of the Bering Sea, Alaska, the Canadian Arctic, and Greenland. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features, size, habitat, range, scientific name, and the unique characteristics that enable these organisms to survive in the extreme conditions of the Far North. A color distribution map accompanies each species account, and alternative names in German, French, Norwegian, Russian, Inuit, and Inupiaq are also provided. Features superb color plates that allow for quick identification of more than 800 species of plants, fishes, butterflies, birds, and mammals Includes detailed species accounts and color distribution maps Covers the flora and fauna of the entire Arctic region

Who Lives Here? Polar Animals

Author : Deborah Hodge
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1894786807
Total Pages : 27 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book Who Lives Here? Polar Animals written by Deborah Hodge and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces animals that are built for living in the extreme cold of the polar regions, including the arctic fox, emperor penguins, snowy owls, and beluga whales.

A Complete Guide to Arctic Wildlife

Author : Richard Sale
Publisher : Helm
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Complete Guide to Arctic Wildlife written by Richard Sale and published by Helm. This book was released on 2006 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book looks in detail at the geology, climate, ecology and peoples of the Arctic, the region's exploration and exploitation, and the threats to it from climate change and pollution." "It includes more than 450 photographs, 294 maps and 38 colour plates, illustrating all the birds and mammals of the region; the field guide covers 213 species of birds and 77 species of mammals; and species accounts describes identification features, confusion species, voice/communication, distribution, diet and breeding biology."--BOOK JACKET.

Encounters with Arctic Animals

Author : Fred Bruemmer
Publisher : Toronto, McGraw-Hill Ryerson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Encounters with Arctic Animals written by Fred Bruemmer and published by Toronto, McGraw-Hill Ryerson. This book was released on 1972 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Birds and Mammals of Svalbard

Author : Fridtjof Mehlum
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Birds and Mammals of Svalbard written by Fridtjof Mehlum and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the richness of the bird and animal life of the Svalbard archipelago. Indexed by common and Latin names, and includes names in Norwegian, German and French.

Biology of the Arthropod Cuticle

Author : A.C. Neville
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642809103
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (428 download)

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Download or read book Biology of the Arthropod Cuticle written by A.C. Neville and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mention the words 'arthropod cuticle' to most biologists and they usually provoke a glazed expression. This is because the cuticle is commonly regarded as an inert substance. It is hoped that this book will dispel this fallacy. The study of cuticle in its proper context now involves many of the wider aspects of biology which are currently in vogue (e. g. how a hormone like ecdyson induces a specific enzyme like dopa decarboxylase; the unsolved major problem of cell gradient and polarity; the involvement of cyclic AMP in hormonal mechanisms; the extra cellular control of cuticular enzymes, of the mechanical proper ties of cuticle structural proteins, and of the orientation of fibrous molecules; and the relation of chromosome puffing to the synthesis of specific proteins). Studies on cuticle demand a variety of techniques, and examples of the following are illustrated in this book (fluorescence, phase contrast, polariza tion and Nomarski interference microscopy; infrared absorp tion; transmission and scanning electron microscopy; autora diography analyzed by electron microscopy; negative staining in the electron microscope; optical diffraction, high angle X-ray diffraction, low angle X -ray diffraction and selected area electron diffraction). I am well aware that the biophysical parts of this book are less incomplete than other aspects. A developmental biologist or a biochemist would have further elaborated other parts ofthe subject matter. Only one previous author, RICHARDS (1951)hasdevoted a book to arthropod cuticle.

Arctic and Alpine Environments

Author : Jack D. Ives
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100069822X
Total Pages : 1066 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Arctic and Alpine Environments written by Jack D. Ives and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1974, Arctic and Alpine Environments examines, the relatively simple ecosystems of arctic and alpine lands that still occupy extensive areas little disturbed by modern technology. The book argues that there is a necessity for carefully controlled development of the resources of these regions and suggests that there is a risk of irreversible disturbance without full understanding of these regions. This book provides a detailed documentation of cold-stressed arctic and alpine terrestrial environments and systematically deals with the present and past physical environment – climate, hydrology and glaciology; biota – treeline, vegetation, vertebrate zoology, and historical biogeography; abiotic processes – geomorphological and pedological and the role of man – bioclimatology, archaeology and technological impact, including radioecology. The book will appeal to academics and students of environmental and biological science, as well as providing a significant source for conservationists’, government agencies and industrial organizations.

Effects of Temperature on Ectothermic Organisms

Author : Wolfgang Wieser
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642657036
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Effects of Temperature on Ectothermic Organisms written by Wolfgang Wieser and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of thermoregulation in endotherms has contributed much to the emergence of the concept of control theory in biology. By the same token, the study of tempera ture adjustment in ectotherms is likely to have a far-reaching influence on ideas on the regulation of metabolism in general. The reason for this is that ectotherms, in adapting to the vagaries of a thermally unstable environment, deploy a range of subtle molecular and organismic strategies. Thus the experimenter, using temperature changes as a tool, is well equipped to analyze some of these strategies. This approach has enabled some important mechanisms of temperature-induced adaptation to be elucidated; the most striking of these are the effects on metabolism of changes in the conformation of enzymes and the transfer properties of membranes. Furthermore, there is a vague but persistent feeling among those working in this field that changes in the nervous system will ultimately prove to be the agency by which many of the molecular mechanisms of temperature adaptation are controlled. Should this indeed be the case, a new phase would soon begin in our understanding of the interactions between the systemic and the cellular levels of organization. However, it is not only questions about the causes of temperature adaptation that can provide answers of potential importance to the general biologist; of equal significance are questions as to the meaning of temperature adaptation in a particular organism.

Wildlife of the Arctic

Author : Richard Sale
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691180547
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Wildlife of the Arctic written by Richard Sale and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simultaneously published in the United Kingdom by HarperCollins Publishers, London in 2018.

A Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic

Author : E.C. Pielou
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022614867X
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book A Naturalist's Guide to the Arctic written by E.C. Pielou and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a practical, portable guide to all of the Arctic's natural history—sky, atmosphere, terrain, ice, the sea, plants, birds, mammals, fish, and insects—for those who will experience the Arctic firsthand and for armchair travelers who would just as soon read about its splendors and surprises. It is packed with answers to naturalists' questions and with questions—some of them answered—that naturalists may not even have thought of.

Annotated Bibliography of Literature on Alaska Water Birds

Author : Colleen M. Handel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book Annotated Bibliography of Literature on Alaska Water Birds written by Colleen M. Handel and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Annotated Bibliography of Literature on Alaska Water Birds

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book An Annotated Bibliography of Literature on Alaska Water Birds written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

African Ungulates

Author : Walter Leuthold
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 364281073X
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (428 download)

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Download or read book African Ungulates written by Walter Leuthold and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been written mostly within sight of wild African ungulates, at the research center in Tsavo East National Park, V oi, Kenya. While this had many positive aspects, there were also a few drawbacks. The main one of these is the fact that Voi is not exactly at the hub of scientific activity, even if we restrict ourselves to African ungulates. Thus, whereas I had felt initially that I was sufficiently familiar with ethological work on these animals to write a useful review, it soon became woefully evident that this assumption was erroneous. Over the last few years studies on African ungulates have pro liferated and results are being published in journals almost all over the world. My location in East Africa was sometimes less than ideal with respect to access to the most recent literature, and I depended to a considerable extent on the goodwill of colleagues in giving or lending me relevant papers. I am happy to report that I received a great deal of support and cooperation in this respect. Nevertheless, I may have over looked some important papers inadvertently; their authors should not feel slighted by such omissions, which only reflect availability of literature to me. Readers may also notice a considerable geographical bias in favor of East Africa, at the expense of other African regions, particularly South Africa.