Screen LibraryFires of life : endothermy in birds and mammals /
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Yale University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New Haven, CT : |
| Publication Dates: | [2019] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xxii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-344) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780300227161 0300227167 |
| Index Number: | QP135 |
| CLC: | Q958.1 |
| Call Number: | Q958.1/L897 |
| Contents: | Part I. The story in the rocks. A narrative of travels ; Conquering land : ticking boxes ; The Karoo ; The Permo-Triassic kick-start ; Reptile takeover ; The great shrinking ; Feathers and fur ; Taking to the air ; The heat of darkness -- Part II. The story in the bloods. The day of reckoning ; Clown mouse and golden mole ; Madness ; Ankarafantsika ; Ancient hibernation ; Twenty-four nipples ; The pronghorn pinnacle ; Cool sperm ; Why we are hot -- Appendix 1. Heat on demand -- Appendix 2. Nasal evaporative cooling -- Appendix 3. Family trees. |