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The biology of survival; the proceedings of a symposium held on 7th and 8th May, 1963, at the offices of the Zoological Society of London.

Title
The biology of survival; the proceedings of a symposium held on 7th and 8th May, 1963, at the offices of the Zoological Society of London.
Publication
London, the Society, 1964.

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Additional Authors
  • Edholm, O. G. (Otto Gustaf)
  • Physiological Society (Great Britain)
Description
136 pages illustrations; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Symposia of the Zoological Society of London ; no. 13
Uniform Title
Symposia of the Zoological Society of London ; no. 13.
Alternative Title
Symposium on the biology of survival
Subject
  • Adaptation (Biology) > Congresses
  • Acclimatization > Congresses
  • Adaptation (Biology)
  • Adaptation, Biological
  • Environment
  • Survival
  • Acclimatization
  • Biologie
  • Kongress
  • Überleben
  • Kongreß
Genre/Form
  • Congress
  • Conference papers and proceedings.
  • Actes de congrès.
  • London (1963)
Note
  • The symposium was organized by The Physiological Society, the Society for the Study of Human Biology, the Zoological Society of London.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographies.
Contents
Introduction / O.G. Edholm -- Maintenance of warmth in Arctic animals / Laurence Irving -- Effects of cold on man / Loren D. Carlson and Arnold C.L. Hsieh -- Wild animals in the tropics / P.G. Wright -- Wild animals in arid zones / J.L. Cloudsley-Thompson -- The biology of human survival / R.H. Fox -- Effects of high altitudes on man / L.G.C.E. Pugh -- Wild animals at high altitudes / Peter Morrison -- The effects of high barometric pressure on man / H.J. Taylor -- Observations on diving seals and certain other mammals / R.J. Harrison and J.D.W. Tomlinson -- Seasonal rhythms and survival / J.F.D. Frazer -- Survival value of diurnal rhythms / Juergen Aschoff -- The response of animals to a restricted environment / Desmond Morris -- Population factors in survival / W. Lane-Petter -- Survival in zoos / E.M. Lang -- Résumé of remarks made at the symposium / R.N. Fiennes.
OCLC
  • ocm08673875
  • 8673875
  • SCSB-238947
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library