Islam and the Search for Social Order in Modern Egypt - A Biography of Muhammad Husayn Haykal

About the author

Charles D. Smith is Professor of Islamic and Middle East History at San Diego State University

Additional text

Scarcity of water has brought about a number of structural, behavioural,
physiological and ecological adaptations in amphibians inhabiting seasonally
xeric habitats. This book describes structural and functional adaptations
of key organs such as skin, kidneys, bladder, lungs and ovaries. Behavioural
responses to high temperatures mainly involve thermoregulation and the
selection of optimal temperatures and humidity. Special emphasis is placed
on physiological adaptations: water, electrolyte, nitrogen, and thermal
balance and their endocrine control are treated in detail. Development
and metamorphosis, larval competition for food resources, and reproductive
strategies are only a few of the exciting topics in the chapter on ecological
aspects.

Product details

• Authors: Charles D Smith, Charles D. Smith
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.1984
• EAN: 9780873957106
• ISBN: 978-0-87395-710-6
• No. of pages: 249
• Weight: 508 g
• Series: Suny Middle Eastern Studies
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries