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The thermal warriors : strategies of insect survival / Bernd Heinrich

By:

Heinrich, Bernd, 1940-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press , 1996.Description: xiv, 221 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:

9780674883406

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

595.7 HEI

LOC classification:

QL495 .H39 1996

Summary: All bodily behavior 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	595.7 HEI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Expurgado/No disponible		016236

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-217) and index.

All bodily behavior 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.

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