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Lädt ... The Thermal Warriors: Strategies of Insect Survivalvon Bernd Heinrich
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. One of Bernd Heinrich's first books investigation info how insects survive related to thermoregulation. ( ) Bernd Heinrich is one of my favorite writers about nature, and especially insects. I discovered his "Bumblebee Economics" (Harvard University Press paperback) a number of years ago, and used it in a course for non-science majors that I taught in our Honors College. Since then, I have also read his "Ravens in Winter" (Vintage Books paperback) and "A Year in the Maine Woods" (Addison Wesley paperback), but his books about the thermodynamic considerations in the competition between insects for energy are the ones that chemistry teachers will most easily be able to use. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
All bodily activity is the result of the interplay of vastly complex physiological processes, and all of these processes depend on temperature. For insects, the struggle to keep body temperature within a suitable range for activity and competition is often a matter of life and death. A few studies of temperature regulation in butterflies can be found dating back to the late 1800s, but only recently have scientists begun to study the phenomenon in other insects. In The Thermal Warriors Bernd Heinrich explains how, when, and in general what insects regulate their body temperature and what it means to them. As he shows us, the ingenuity of the survival strategies insects have evolved in the irreducible crucible of temperature is astonishing: from shivering and basking, the construction of turrets (certain tiger beetles), and cooling with liquid feces to stilting (some desert ants and beetles), "panting" in grasshoppers and "sweating cicada," and counter- and alternating-currents of blood flow for heat retention and heat loss. In The Thermal Warriors Heinrich distills his great reference work, The Hot-Blooded Insects, to its essence: the most significant and fascinating stories that illustrate general principles, all conveyed in the always engaging prose we have come to expect from this author. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)595.7Natural sciences and mathematics Zoology Arthropoda Insects: Insecta, HexapodaKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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