Research Catalog

Title

Perspectives of biophysical ecology. Edited by David M. Gates and Rudolf B. Schmerl.

Publication

New York, Springer-Verlag, 1975.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Gates, David M. (David Murray), 1921-2016
• Schmerl, Rudolf B.
• University of Michigan. Biological Station.

Description

xiii, 609 pages illustrations; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Ecological studies, v. 12

Uniform Title

Ecological studies ; v. 12.

Subject

• Ecology > Simulation methods > Congresses
• Biophysics > Congresses
• Biophysics
• Ecology
• Mathematical models
• Biophysics
• Ecology
• Models, Theoretical
• ecology
• mathematical models
• Congrès
• Ecologie
• Simulation
• Physique
• Mathematical models
• Ecology > Simulation methods
• Écologie > Congrès
• Biophysique > Congrès

Genre/Form

• Congress
• proceedings (reports)
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Actes de congrès.

Note

• Papers presented at a symposium held at the University of Michigan, Biological Station, Aug. 20-24, 1973.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies.

Contents

1. Introduction: Biophysical Ecology / David M. Gates -- pt. I. Analytical Models of Plants -- 2. Photosynthetic Model / Paul W. Lommen ... [et al. -- 3. Mesophyll Resistances / Conrad S. Yocum and Paul W. Lommen -- 4. Model of Leaf Photosynthesis and Respiration / Anthony E. Hall and Olle Björkman -- 5. Optimal Leaf Form / S. Elwynn Taylor -- 6. Aspects of Predicting Gross Photosynthesis (Net Photosynthesis Plus Light and Dark Respiration) For an Energy-Metabolic Balance in the Plant / Randall S. Alberte, John D. Hesketh, and Donald N. Baker -- pt. II. Extreme Climate and Plant Productivity -- 7. Gas-Exchange Strategies in Desert Plants / B. Johnson -- 8. Photosynthesis of Desert Plants as Influenced by Internal and External Factors / Otto L. Lange ... [et al.] -- 9. Field Measurements of Carbon Dioxide Exchange in Some Woody Perennials / Boyd R. Strain -- 10. Environmental Stresses and Inherent Limitations Affecting CO₂ Exchange in Evergreen Sclerophylls in Mediterranean Climates / E. Lloyd Dunn -- pt. III. Water Transport and Environmental Control of Diffusion -- 11. Regulation of Water Transport in the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum / Anthony E. Hall and Merrill R. Kaufmann -- 12. Environmental Influence on Total Water Consumption by Whole Plants / James W. O'Leary -- 13. Light Intensity and Leaf Temperature as Determining Factors in Diffusion Resistance / John D. Tenhunen and David M. Gates -- 14. Photosynthesis in Developing Plant Canopies / Ronald G. Alderfer -- 15. Energy Exchange and Plant Survival on Disturbed Lands / Richard Lee, William G. Hutson, and Stephen C. Hill -- pt. IV. Theoretical Models of Animals -- 16. Heat-Transfer Analysis of Animals: Some Implications for Field Ecology, Physiology and Evolution / George S. Bakken and David M. Gates -- 17. Body Size, Insulation, and Optimum Body Temperatures of Homeotherms / James sR. Spotila and David M. Gates -- 18. Use of Climate Diagrams to Describe Microhabitats Occupied by Belding Ground Squirrels and to Predict Rates of Change of Body Temperature / Sylvia Staehle Morhardt -- 19. Water and Energy Relations of Terrestrial Amphibians: Insights from Mechanistic Modeling / C. Richard Tracy -- 20. Environmental Constraints on Some Predator-Prey Interactions / Warren P. Porter ... [et al.] -- 21. Experimental and Fossil Evidence for the Evolution of Tetrapod Bioenergetics / Robert T. Bakker -- pt. V. Observation of Animal Body Temperatures -- 22. Rates of Post-flight Cooling in Sphinx Moths / George E. Bartholomew and Robert J. Epting -- 23. Energetics of Occupied Hummingbird Nests / Edward E. Southwick and David M. Gates -- 24. Factors in the Energy Budget of Mountain Hummingbirds / William C. Calder III -- 25. On the Physiological Significance of the Preferred Body Temperatures of Reptiles / William R. Dawson -- 26. Preferred Body Temperatures of Small Birds and Rodents: Behavioral and Physiological Determinations of Variable Set Points / J. Emil Morhardt -- pt. VI. Energy-Transfer Studies of Animals -- 27. Energy Balance in the Resting and Exercising Rabbit / Matthew J. Kluger -- 28. Thermal Exchange, Physiology, and Behavior of White-Tailed Deer / Aaron N. Moen and Nadine K. Jacobsen -- 29. Convective Energy Transfer in Fur/ L. Berkley Davis, Jr., and Richard C. Birkebak -- 30. Conduction and Radiation in Artificial Fur / Dale J. Skulti ... [et al.] -- 31. Microclimate and Energy Flow in the Marine Rocky Intertidal / Samuel E. Johnson II -- 32. Conclusions: The Challenge of the Future for Biophysical Ecology / David M. Gates.

ISBN

• 3540067434
• 9783540067436
• 0387067434
• 9780387067438

LCCN

74017493

OCLC

• ocm01031395
• 1031395
• SCSB-293400

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library