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by D. M. Gates

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D. M. Gates

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978-0387904146

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038790414X

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English

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Springer; 1 edition (September 12, 1980)

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Science

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Biological Sciences

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Springer Advanced Texts in Life Sciences. The text deals with concepts of energy exchange, gas exchange, and chemical kinetics involving the interactions of plants and animals with their environments. The first four chapters are designed to show the applications of biophysical ecology in a preliminary, sim plified manner. Chapters 5-10, treating the topics of radiation, convec tion, conduction, and evaporation, are concerned with the physical environment.

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Ecology, in the simple concept, is the study of interactions between organisms and their environment. Ecosystem, is the collection of organisms and their surrounding environment in a certain area that build and exchange food and energy by relationships and interactions. The knowledge of studying the ecosystems is called ecology .

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This classic and highly influential text presents a uniquely comprehensive view of the field of biophysical ecology. The book concludes with more elaborate analytical methods for the study of photosynthesis in plants and energy budgets in animals, in addition to animal and plant temperature responses.

Biomedical & Life Sciences. Springer Nature's LibraryZone is a community developed to foster sharing of information with the library community. Our lives – and livelihoods – depend on the plants, animals, and microbes of this planet. The current extent and pace of environmental change, however, threatens our very way of being.

Ecology Life Science Books. This button opens a dialog that displays additional images for this product with the option to zoom in or out. Report incorrect product info or prohibited items. Biophysical Ecology (Softcover Reprint of the Origi) (Springer Advanced Texts in Life Sciences) Biophysical Ecology.

The objective of this book is to make analytical methods available to students of ecology. The text deals with concepts of energy exchange, gas exchange, and chemical kinetics involving the interactions of plants and animals with their environments. The first four chapters are designed to show the applications of biophysical ecology in a preliminary, sim plified manner. Chapters 5-10, treating the topics of radiation, convec tion, conduction, and evaporation, are concerned with the physical environment. The spectral properties of radiation and matter are thoroughly described, as well as the geometrical, instantaneous, daily, and annual amounts of both shortwave and longwave radiation. Later chapters give the more elaborate analytical methods necessary for the study of photosynthesis in plants and energy budgets in animals. The final chapter describes the temperature responses of plants and animals. The discipline of biophysical ecology is rapidly growing, and some important topics and references are not included due to limitations of space, cost, and time. The methodology of some aspects of ecology is illustrated by the subject matter of this book. It is hoped that future students of the subject will carry it far beyond its present status. Ideas for advancing the subject matter of biophysical ecology exceed individual capacities for effort, and even today, many investigators in ecology are studying subjects for which they are inadequately prepared. The potential of modern science, in the minds and hands of skilled investigators, to of the interactions of organisms with their advance our understanding environment is enormous.

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I am reading this book in conjunction with a graduate course in ecophysiology that focuses on biophysical processes affecting plants and animals. The book provides expanded information on topics that are covered in class. The formulas seem daunting at first but can be understood with careful reading and simple algebra. However, the value of the book is the verbal explanations of the processes involved and how they affect plants and animals in the environment.

Danrad

I am a physicist, not an ecologist, but still found this book fascinating. It deals with the interface between physics and biology, focusing primarily on heat and mass transfer in living organisms. A large section of the book is devoted to radiative heat transfer, which is the dominant heat transfer mechanism in many every day situations. Gates has many interesting examples sprinkled through the text. For instance, there is an interesting discussing of evaporative cooling of birds and mammals, including the relative importance of panting versus sweating. An accompanying graph, from the author's research, shows the evaporative losses of a ground squirrel as a function of ambient temperature. There are also formulas given for estimating evaporative losses. There are many other interesting discussions (evaporation losses of lakes, body temperatures of birds, skylight irradiation on sloped surfaces, etc.). Lots of interesting stuff. The book requires knowledge of trigonometry. It would also be very helpful to have had exposure to heat transfer concepts, especially radiative heat transfer. Without that, book may be tough going for some. Overall, I found the book well written and very enjoyable

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