Principles of Animal Biometeorology - Gomes da Silva, Roberto; Campos Maia, Alex Sandro; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013)
Contents -- 1. The Environment -- 2. Basic Physical Mechanisms -- 3. Thermal Balance and Thermoregulation -- 4. Heat Exchange Between Animals and Environment: Mammals and Birds -- 5. Heat Exchange Between Animals and Environment: Aquatic Mammals -- 6. Shade and Shelter -- 7. Thermal Stress Indexes -- 8. Special Methods -- Index.
Keywords: Nature conservation; Animal physiology; Environmental sciences; Nature Conservation; Animal Physiology; Environmental Physics