Life in the Cold
Subtitle: Eleventh International Hibernation Symposium
Contributors: Gerhard Heldmaier (Editor); Martin Klingenspor (Editor); Susanne Klaus (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: September 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 546
ISBN-13: 9783540674108
Subjects: Animal behaviour; Animal physiology; Cellular biology; Physiology; Science; Glaciology; Environmental Physiology; Life Sciences - Zoology - General; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & Physiology; Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Hibernation; Kälteanpassung; Metabolism; Science / Zoology; Science : Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology; Cold adaptation; Earth Sciences - Geology; Congresses
First sentence: Cossins and Barnes (1996), referring to the Tenth International Hibernation Symposium at Cradle Mountain in Tasmania, observed that the "traditional northern hemispheric view (of hibernation) was upended ..... when it was acknowledged that a surprisingly large proportion of mammals from down under, including a monotreme ... and various marsupial and placental species, routinely enter daily torpor and seasonal hibernation, often under surprisingly mild conditions".