Animals and Temperature Phenotypic and Evolutionary Adaptation [Paperback]

A very topical volume given the concern about global climate change.Contributions from many of the world's leading workers in thermal biology have been brought together to produce a comprehensive and novel review of temperature adaptation in animals. The volume considers the reponses of a broad selection of species to temperature change at the molecular, cellular, organismal, population and ecosystem levels, across both short and long-term temporal scales. Given the current concern about global climate change, this review volume will be of interest to a wide range of biologists.Contributions from many of the world's leading workers in thermal biology have been brought together to produce a comprehensive and novel review of temperature adaptation in animals. The volume considers the reponses of a broad selection of species to temperature change at the molecular, cellular, organismal, population and ecosystem levels, across both short and long-term temporal scales. Given the current concern about global climate change, this review volume will be of interest to a wide range of biologists.Organisms are continually challenged to regulate and maintain functional capacities as their thermal environment changes. Adjustment to temperature change is evident both phenotypically in individual organisms and genotypically in the evolution of species. This volume addresses thermal adaptation by bringing together many of the leading researchers in thermal biology, with backgrounds spanning the disciplines of molecular biology, cell biology, physiology, zoology, ecology and evolutionary biology. The responses of many species to temperature are discussed in depth, through the molecular, cellular, organismal, population, and ecosystem levels. This text stands as an important contribution to the study of temperature adaptation.List of contributors; Preface; 1. Adaptation of biological membranes to temperature: biophysical perspectives and molecular mechanisms A. Y. Gracey, J. Logue,lÃF