This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Many microchiropteran bats can reduce their metabolic rate three orders of magnitude during heterothermic torpor. This extraordinary range ...

1. Physiological methods applicable to scales between individual leaves and whole forests have the potential to improve substantially our understanding of ecosystem gas exchange. 2. We compared three ...

This paper seeks to identify the factors which have the greatest effect on gas diffusion rates into animal burrows, and in turn on the maximum size of burrowing animals which may rely on simple burrow ...

FORWARD progression, perhaps the form of muscular activity most commonly engaged in by the average human being, is, both in its anatomical and physiological aspects, one of extraordinary complexity.

Whether it is nitrogen for cleaning weapons and night vision devices, oxygen and acetylene for welding and torch operations, or tetrafluoroethane to keep air conditioning systems blowing cold, ...