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Fires of Life: Endothermy in Birds and Mammals
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Fires of Life: Endothermy in Birds and Mammals

Fires of Life: Endothermy in Birds and Mammals

Barry Gordon / Seymour Lovegrove

384 pages, parution le 05/08/2019

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A groundbreaking argument on how warm-bloodedness--arguably the most important innovation in vertebrate evolution--developed in birds and mammals A groundbreaking argument on how endothermy-arguably the most important innovation in vertebrate evolution-developed in birds and mammals

This pioneering work investigates why endothermy, or "warm-bloodedness," evolved in birds and mammals, despite its enormous energetic costs. Arguing that single-cause hypotheses to explain the origins of endothermy have stalled research since the 1970s, Barry Gordon Lovegrove advances a novel conceptual framework that considers multiple potential causes and integrates data from the southern as well as the northern hemisphere. Drawing on paleontological data; research on extant species in places like the Karoo, Namaqualand, Madagascar, and Borneo; and novel physiological models, Lovegrove builds a compelling new explanation for the evolution of endothermy. Vividly narrated and illustrated, this book stages a groundbreaking argument that should prove provocative and fascinating for specialists and lay readers alike.
Barry Gordon Lovegrove is professor emeritus in the School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal. He is the author of The Living Deserts of Southern Africa, winner of the 1995 University of Natal Book Prize, and co-editor of Hypometabolism in Animals.

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Éditeur(s) Yale
Auteur(s) Barry Gordon / Seymour Lovegrove
Parution 05/08/2019
Nb. de pages 384
EAN13 9780300227161

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