Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

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

Description

1. xiii, 609 pages illustrations; 25 cm.

Series statement

1. Ecological studies, v. 12

Uniform title

1. Ecological studies ; v. 12.

Subject

1. Ecology > Simulation methods > Congresses
2. Biophysics > Congresses
3. Biophysics
4. Ecology
5. Mathematical models
6. Biophysics
7. Ecology
8. Models, Theoretical
9. ecology
10. mathematical models
11. Congrès
12. Ecologie
13. Simulation
14. Physique
15. Mathematical models
16. Ecology > Simulation methods
17. Écologie > Congrès
18. Biophysique > Congrès

Genre/Form

1. Congress
2. proceedings (reports)
3. Conference papers and proceedings
4. Conference papers and proceedings.
5. Actes de congrès.

Contents

1. 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.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

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

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographies.