<p>In addition to the more or less static properties of the environΒ ment, plants and animals must cope with its temporal variations. Among the most conspicuous temporal changes to which organisms are exposed are periodic phenomena generated by the rotation of the earth about its axis, its revolutio
Circannual Clocks. Annual Biological Rhythms
β Scribed by Eric Pengelley (Eds.)
- Publisher
- Academic Press
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 524
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Content:
ACADEMIC PRESS RAPID MANUSCRIPT REPRODUCTION, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Participants, Pages vii-viii
Preface, Page ix
Dedication, Pages x-xi
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF PROFESSOR WILLIAM ROWAN, Pages 1-4, Robert Lister
RELATION OF LIGHT TO BIRD MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES, Pages 5-9, WILLIAM ROWAN
CIRCANNUAL RHYTHMICITY IN INVERTEBRATES, Pages 11-53, MARY ANNE BROCK
CIRCANNUAL RHYTHMS IN BIRDS WITH DIFFERENT MIGRATORY HABITS, Pages 55-94, PETER BERTHOLD
CIRCANNUAL RHYTHMICITY IN HIBERNATING MAMMALS, Pages 95-160, ERIC T. PENGELLEY, SALLY J. ASMUNDSON
COMMENT, Pages 161-163, N. MROSOVSKY
EVIDENCES FOR BLOOD-BORNE SUBSTANCES WHICH TRIGGER OR IMPEDE NATURAL MAMMALIAN HIBERNATION, Pages 165-196, ALBERT R. DAWE, WILMA A. SPURRIER
EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL COMPONENTS OF THE MECHANISM CONTROLLING REPRODUCTIVE CYCLES IN DRAKES, Pages 197-248, IVAN ASSENMACHER
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CIRCANNUAL RHYTHMS AND ENDOGENOUS LUNAR AND TIDAL RHYTHMS, Pages 249-251, J.T. ENRIGHT
PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL REFLECTIONS OF CIRCANNUAL RHYTHMICITY IN THE EUROPEAN HEDGEHOG AND MAN, Pages 253-296, JEROME B. SENTURIA, BENGT W. JOHANSSON
CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM OF REPRODUCTION IN MALE EUROPEAN STARLINGS (STURNUS VULGARIS), Pages 297-345, JAMES T. RUTLEDGE
THE ADAPTATIONAL VALUE OF INTERNAL ANNUAL CLOCKS IN BIRDS, Pages 347-391, HELMUT KLEIN
EXPRESSION AND SUPPRESSION OF THE CIRCANNUAL ANTLER GROWTH CYCLE IN DEER, Pages 393-422, RICHARD J. GOSS, CHARLES E. DINSMORE, L. NICHOLS GRIMES, JEFFREY K. ROSEN
ASPECTS OF CIRCANNUAL RHYTHMS IN MAN, Pages 423-505, ALAIN REINBERG
CIRCANNUAL RHYTHMS IN CIRCADIAN PERSPECTIVE, Pages 507-520, MICHAEL MENAKER
Subject Index, Pages 521-523
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