Thermal adaptation
Subtitle: a theoretical and empirical synthesis
By: Michael J. Angilletta, Jr.
Series: Oxford biology; Oxford biology
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780198570875; 9780198570882
Subjects: Heat adaptation
Description: "In this book, the author draws on theory from the more general discipline of evolutionary ecology to establish a framework for interpreting empirical studies of thermal biology. This synthesis of theoretical and empirical work generates new insights about the process of thermal adaptation and points the way towards a more general theory. The threat of rapid climate change on a global scale provides a stark reminder of the challenges that remain for thermal biologists and adds a sense of urgency to this book's mission." "Thermal Adaptation will benefit anyone seeking to understand the relationship between environmental variation and phenotypic evolution. The book focuses on quantitative evolutionary models at the individual, population, and community levels, and successfully integrates this theory with modern empirical approaches. By providing a synthetic overview of evolutionary thermal biology, this accessible text will appeal to both graduate students and established researchers in the fields of comparative, ecological, and evolutionary physiology It will also interest the broader audience of professional ecologists and evolutionary biologists who require a comprehensive review of this topic, as well as those researchers working on the applied problems of regional and global climate change."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Evolutionary thermal biology; title: 2. Thermal heterogeneity; title: 3. Thermal sensitivity; title: 4. Thermoregulation; title: 5. Thermal acclimation; title: 6. Temperature and the life history; title: 7. Thermal coadaptation; title: 8. Thermal games; title: 9. Adaptation to anthropogenic climate change; title: References; title: Author index; title: Species index; title: Subject index.