Vertebrate Ecophysiology
Subtitle: An Introduction to its Principles and Applications
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 23, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780521521093
Subjects: Animal physiology; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Physiology; Life Sciences - Zoology - General; Science; Medical; Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Science / Zoology; Ecology; Vertebrates
First sentence: The concept of 'homoiostasis' is now a central one in many sciences and its widespread use and utility attests to the genius of the American physiologist Walter Cannon, to whom we owe the original insight.