Comparative Mechanisms of Cold Adaptation

Larry Underwood

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9780127087504
• eBook ISBN:
  9780323152617
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Ecology
• Index: Biological Sciences

Comparative Mechanisms of Cold Adaptation covers the proceedings of a symposium held at the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory in Barrow, Alaska in 1975 and 1976. The said symposium discusses the mechanisms of cold adaptation according to experts from different fields. The book covers topics related to cold adaptation, such as energy acquisition and utilization; mechanisms of thermal tolerance; the physiology and requirements of hibernation; and the role of neural inputs in cold adaptation. Topics also include cold-induced enzymatic adjustments; cold-induced responses in ectotherms and homeotherms; hormonal mechanisms; and plant adaptation to low temperatures. The text is recommended for biologists who would like to understand better the different mechanisms involved in cold adaptation and the importance of its study.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Comparative Mechanisms of Cold Adaptation
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Contributors
• Preface
• CHAPTER I. ENERGY ACQUISITION AND UTILIZATION
• CHAPTER II. NUTRIENT ACQUISITION AND UTILIZATION IN ARCTIC HERBIVORES
• CHAPTER III. MECHANISMS OF THERMAL TOLERANCE
• CHAPTER IV. COLD-INDUCED ENZYMATIC ADJUSTMENTS IN ECTOTHERMS AND HOMEOTHERMS
• CHAPTER V. HORMONAL MECHANISMS
• CHAPTER VI. A MODELING APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING PLANT ADAPTATION TO LOW TEMPERATURES
• CHAPTER VII. NUTRIENT UPTAKE AND UTILIZATION BY TUNDRA PLANTS
• CHATER VIII. MECHANISM OF THERMAL TOLERANCE
• CHAPTER IX. METABOLIC AND ENZYMATIC ADAPTATIONS TO LOW TEMPERATURE
• CHAPTER X. PROSPECTS OF HORMONAL MECHANISMS IN COLD ADAPTATIONS OF ARCTIC PLANTS
• CHAPTER XI. RESEARCH SUPPORT FACILITIES ABOVE THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
• CHAPTER XII. FUTURE TRENDS IN COLD ADAPTATION RESEARCH
• Index