environmental stress as ecological driving force and key player in evolution /
Christian E.W. Steinberg.
New York :
Springer,
[2011], c2012.
xii, 480 p. :
ill. (some col.) ;
24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-460) and index.
Why a small worm is not crazy -- Activation of oxygen : multipurpose tool -- Defense means against pathogens and parasites : reactive oxygen species -- Arms race between plants and animals : biotransformation system -- Heat shock proteins : the minimal, but universal, stress proteome -- Heavy metals : defense and ecological utilization -- The potential of stress response : ecological transcriptomics -- Not all is in the genes -- The actual response : ecological proteomics and metabolomics -- Whatever doesn't kill you might make you stronger : hormesis -- Multiple stressors as environmental realism : synergism or antagonism -- One stressor prepares for the next one to come : cross-tolerance -- Longevity : risky shift in population structure? -- Footprints of stress in communities -- Environmental stresses : ecological driving force and key player in evolution.