Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Homeostasis: a fundamental organising paradigm in ecophysiology
- 2 Stress: the concept and the reality
- 3 Basic methods used in ecophysiological studies
- 4 Turnover methodology: theory and practice
- 5 Case studies of stress: incidence and intensity
- 6 Survival in deserts
- 7 Torpor and hibernation in cold climates
- 8 Marine birds and mammals
- 9 Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Population estimation methods
- Appendix 2 Estimation of food intake in Tiliqua rugosa
- Appendix 3 Simultaneous measurement of sodium and potassium concentration in plasma or urine using the IL 143 digital flame photometer
- Appendix 4 Determination of plasma urea nitrogen
- Appendix 5 Radioimmunoassay of testosterone in plasma
- Appendix 6 Preparation of ‘stripped plasma’
- Appendix 7 Radioimmunoassay of testosterone in faeces
- Appendix 8 The comparative method
- Appendix 9 Basic turnover equations
- References
- Index
- References
References
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Homeostasis: a fundamental organising paradigm in ecophysiology
- 2 Stress: the concept and the reality
- 3 Basic methods used in ecophysiological studies
- 4 Turnover methodology: theory and practice
- 5 Case studies of stress: incidence and intensity
- 6 Survival in deserts
- 7 Torpor and hibernation in cold climates
- 8 Marine birds and mammals
- 9 Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Population estimation methods
- Appendix 2 Estimation of food intake in Tiliqua rugosa
- Appendix 3 Simultaneous measurement of sodium and potassium concentration in plasma or urine using the IL 143 digital flame photometer
- Appendix 4 Determination of plasma urea nitrogen
- Appendix 5 Radioimmunoassay of testosterone in plasma
- Appendix 6 Preparation of ‘stripped plasma’
- Appendix 7 Radioimmunoassay of testosterone in faeces
- Appendix 8 The comparative method
- Appendix 9 Basic turnover equations
- References
- Index
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Vertebrate EcophysiologyAn Introduction to its Principles and Applications, pp. 231 - 274Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2003
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