Life Out of Balance : Homeostasis and Adaptation in a Darwinian World.
By: Hagen, Joel B.
Contributor(s): Hui, Alexandra Evonne.
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BookSeries: NEXUS: New Histories of Science, Technology, the Environment, Agriculture, and Medicine Ser: Publisher: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2021Copyright date: �2021Edition: 1st ed.Description: 1 online resource (356 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780817393472.Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 612.022 Online resources: Click to View | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Adaptation and the Wisdom of the Body -- 2. Bodily Wisdom or Stupidity? -- 3. Free and Independent Life -- 4. Living Water -- 5. Physiological Ecology from an Engineering Perspective -- 6. An Experimental Naturalist in the Laboratory and Field -- 7. Complexities of Thermoregulation -- 8. Physiological Teamwork, Homeostasis, and Coadaptation -- 9. Limits of Tolerance, Adaptation, and Speciation -- 10. Adaptation, Natural Selection, and Homeostatic Populations -- 11. Symbiosis and Coadaptation in Homeostatic Ecosystems -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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