Fires 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. |