Physiological Adaptations: Desert and Mountain discusses the bodily modifications of different animals accordingly to desert and mountain environments. Covered

Some general concepts of physiological adaptations. Biophysical principles of acclimatization to heat. Partitional calorimetry in the desert. Sweat mechanisms i

A synthesis of the environmental and climatic history of every major desert and desert margin, for researchers and advanced students.

The Class Mammalia is amazingly diverse, ranging from whales to marsupials to bats to primates. The more than 5,400 species occupy many habitats, with mammals p