Download or read book Animals and Environmental Fitness: Physiological and Biochemical Aspects of Adaptation and Ecology written by R. Gilles and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-02 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animals and Environmental Fitness, Volume 1: Invited Lectures is a collection of papers that tackles ecological concerns. The materials of the book are organized according the main issue of their contents. The text first tackles the chemical factors of the environment, such as water and oxygen availability, ecomones, and pollutants. The other half of the book encompasses the physical factors of the environment that include light, pressure, and temperature. The text will be of great use to scientists who study the interaction between flora, fauna, and the total environment.