The Evolution of Endothermy - From Patterns to Mechanisms

• मुख्य लेखक: Elias T. Polymeropoulos (auth)
• अन्य लेखक: Rebecca Oelkrug (auth), Martin Jastroch (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• श्रृंखला: Frontiers Research Topics
• विषय: Physiology; mammals; Endothermy; ectotherms; heterothermy; evolution; birds; thermoregulation; comparative physiology
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Metabolic rate is a key ecophysiological factor determining fitness, distribution, survival and reproductive strategies of organisms. The ability to endogenously produce heat and elevate body temperature beyond ambient, has far reaching ecological implications. The diversity of thermogenic mechanism...