عنوان

Behavioural adaptations of desert animals.

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3642793568

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9783642793561

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b573949

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Behavioural adaptations of desert animals.

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Giovanni Costa

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[Place of publication not identified]

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Springer

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2012

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1 Introduction.- 2 Biotope and Vegetation Features.- 2.1 Definition of Desert.- 2.2 Factors of Aridity.- 2.3 Classifications of Deserts.- 2.3.1 Tropical and Subtropical Deserts.- 2.3.2 Cool Coastal Deserts.- 2.3.3 Rain Shadow Deserts.- 2.3.4 Interior Continental Deserts.- 2.3.5 Polar Deserts.- 2.3.6 Sandy/Coastal Areas.- 2.3.7 Semi-Desert Areas.- 2.4 Biotope Features.- 2.4.1 Temperature.- 2.4.2 Atmospheric Humidity.- 2.4.3 Wind.- 2.5 Characteristics of Desert Vegetation.- 3 Desert Zoocoenosis.- 3.1 General Characteristics.- 3.2 Main Animal Groups.- 3.2.1 Protozoans.- 3.2.2 Turbellarian Flatworms.- 3.2.3 Rotifers.- 3.2.4 Nematodes.- 3.2.5 Annelids.- 3.2.6 Gastropods.- 3.2.7 Tardigrades.- 3.2.8 Arachnids.- 3.2.9 Crustaceans.- 3.2.10 Myriapods.- 3.2.11 Insects.- 3.2.12 Fishes.- 3.2.13 Amphibians.- 3.2.14 Reptiles.- 3.2.15 Birds.- 3.2.16 Mammals.- 4 Thermohygric Regulation.- 4.1 Timing of Activity Rhythms.- 4.2 Modulation of Activity Rhythms.- 4.3 Exploitation of Substratum Resources.- 4.3.1 Subterranean Life.- 4.3.2 Digging Behaviour.- 4.3.3 Looking for Sheltered Microhabitats.- 4.3.4 Exploitation of Water Resources.- 4.4 Exploitation of Body Resources.- 4.4.1 Sun-Basking.- 4.4.2 Self-Production of Shadow.- 4.4.3 Body Orientation.- 4.4.4 Locomotor Strategies.- 4.4.5 Fog-Basking.- 4.5 Exploitation of Social Resources.- 5 Self-Protective Mechanisms.- 5.1 Primary Self-Protection.- 5.1.1 Anachoretic Behaviour.- 5.1.2 Batesian Mimicry.- 5.1.3 Crypsis.- 5.1.4 Aposematism.- 5.2 Secondary Self-Protection.- 5.2.1 Retreat.- 5.2.2 Escape.- 5.2.3 Deimatic Behaviour.- 5.2.4 Thanatosis.- 5.2.5 Deflection of Attack.- 5.2.6 Counterattack.- 5.2.7 Social Defense Strategies.- 6 Patterns of Movement.- 6.1 Locomotor Patterns.- 6.1.1 Crawling.- 6.1.2 Walking.- 6.1.3 Digging.- 6.1.4 Swimming.- 6.2 Orientation Mechanisms.- 6.2.1 Primary Orientation.- 6.2.2 Secondary Orientation.- 6.2.3 Dispersal and Migration.- 7 Exploitation of Food Resources.- 7.1 Herbivores.- 7.1.1 Insects.- 7.1.2 Other Invertebrates.- 7.1.3 Rodents.- 7.1.4 Ungulates.- 7.1.5 Other Vertebrates.- 7.2 Carnivores.- 7.2.1 Invertebrates.- 7.2.2 Vertebrates.- 7.3 Detritivores.- 8 Reproductive Regulation.- 8.1 Timing of Reproduction.- 8.2 Partner Location.- 8.3 Courtship and Mating.- 8.4 Pair Stabilization; Sexual Groups.- 8.5 Parental Care and Developmental Regulation.- 9 Social Behaviour.- 9.1 Sociality in Desert Environments.- 9.2 Territorial Phenomena.- 9.3 Learning and Culture.- References.

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