ZOO 601: ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY OF ANIMALS 6 Credits (40-0-15)
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Objectives: To study the adaptation of different animal groups to their environments and the mechanisms involved in responding to environmental parameters, and to determine the physiological consequences of environmentally imposed behaviour.
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Lecture Notes
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Content : Adaptations of different animal groups to their various environments: respiratory, locomotory, sensory and integumentary adaptations. Mechanisms for responding to changes in environmental parameters - thermoregulation, osmoregulation, aestivation, hibernation, etc. Physiological consequences of environmentally imposed behaviour - aggregation, dispersal, migration, etc; effects on growth, reproduction, etc.
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