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Principles of Integrative Environmental Physiology
Principles of Integrative Environmental Physiology Author:G. Edgar, Jr. Folk, Marvin Leroy Riedesel, Diana L. Thrift This text is designed for use in a one semester graduate or upper undergraduate-level course in environmental physiology. It includes detailed analyses of the physiological responses of healthy mammals to natural changes or extremes in the physical environment and climate. It is also an excellent reference book for environmental facts and figure... more »s. The book emphasizes a cross-disciplinary approach involving biology, human physiology, meteorology, and anthropology. The text presents examples of environmental extremes and studies the integrated response of all organ systems. Such influences as heat, cold, light, atmospheric pressure, microgravity, pollution, and environmental change are all analyzed. Where appropriate, an evolutionary approach is used to explain long-range changes in adaptations and the new adjustments to extreme climates. Many classic papers in environmental physiology are reviewed.« less