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molecular and physiological aspects

Carlos Arturo Navas, Jos�e Eduardo Carvalho, editors Estivation

Berlin New York Springer

xiii, 268 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm

Progress in molecular and subcellular biology 0079-6484 49

Includes bibliographical references and index , Metabolic depression: a historical perspective / Philip C. Withers, Christine E. Cooper. Metabolic regulation and gene expression during aestivation / Kenneth B. Storey, Janet M. Storey. Connection between oxidative stress and estivation in gastropods and anurans / Marlize Ferreira-Cravo, Alexis F. Weiker, Marcelo Hermes-Lima. Nitrogen metabolism and excretion during aestivation / Y.K. Ip, S.F. Chew. Aestivation in mammals and birds / Fritz Geiser. Metabolic rate suppression as a mechanism for surviving environmental challenge in fish / Jeffrey G. Richards. Energy and water in aestivating amphibians / Jose E. Carvalho, Carlos A. Navas, Isabel C. Pereira. Effects of aestivation on skeletal muscle performance / Rob S. James. Morphological plasticity of verterbrate aestivation / Stephen M. Secor, Jean-Herve Lignot. Water management by dormant insects: comparisons between dehydration resistance during summer aestivation and winter diapause / Joshua B. Benoit.

AU Navas, Carlos Arturo , AU Carvalho, Jos�e Eduardo , SE Progress in molecular and subcellular biology 49

QH

523

.A47

2010

2009929704