1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910716878503321

Autore

Donely Philip

Titolo

Flight and wind-tunnel tests of an XBM-1 dive bomber / / by Philip Donely and Henry A. Pearson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, [D.C.] : , : National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, , 1938

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (18 pages, 22 unnumbered pages) : illustrations

Collana

Technical note / National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics ; ; No. 644

Soggetti

Dive bombers

Airplanes - Flight testing

Wind tunnel testing

Aerodynamic load

Airplanes - Control surfaces

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"April, 1938.

No Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) item number.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 14).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792275003321

Autore

Chown Steven

Titolo

Insect physiological ecology [[electronic resource] ] : mechanisms and patterns / / Steven L. Chown, Sue W. Nicolson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2004

ISBN

1-280-75388-9

1-4294-2175-4

0-19-152334-8

9786610753888

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NicolsonSue W

Disciplina

571.157

Soggetti

Insects - Ecophysiology

Insects - Ecology

Insects - Physiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Physiological variation; 1.2 How much variation?; 1.3 Diversity at large scales: macrophysiology; 1.4 Growing integration; 1.5 This book; 2 Nutritional physiology and ecology; 2.1 Method and measurement; 2.1.1 Artificial diets; 2.1.2 Indices of food conversion efficiency; 2.1.3 Use of a geometric framework; 2.2 Physiological aspects of feeding behaviour; 2.2.1 Optimal feeding in caterpillars; 2.2.2 Regulation of meal size: volumetric or nutritional feedback; 2.2.3 Regulation of protein and carbohydrate intake; 2.3 Digestion and absorption of nutrients

2.3.1 Digestive enzymes and the organization of digestion2.3.2 Gut physicochemistry of caterpillars; 2.3.3 Absorption of nutrients; 2.4 Overcoming problems with plant feeding; 2.4.1 Cellulose digestion: endogenous or microbial?; 2.4.2 Nitrogen as a limiting nutrient; 2.4.3 Secondary plant compounds; 2.5 Growth, development, and life history; 2.5.1 Development time versus body size; 2.5.2 Developmental trade-offs between body parts; 2.6 Temperature and growth; 2.6.1 Thermal effects on feeding and growth; 2.6.2 Interactions with food quality; 3 Metabolism and gas exchange



3.1 Method and measurement3.2 Metabolism; 3.2.1 Aerobic pathways; 3.2.2 Anaerobic pathways and environmental hypoxia; 3.3 Gas exchange structures and principles; 3.3.1 Gas exchange and transport in insects; 3.3.2 Gas exchange principles; 3.4 Gas exchange and metabolic rate at rest; 3.4.1 Gas exchange patterns; 3.4.2 Discontinuous gas exchange cycles; 3.4.3 Variation in discontinuous gas exchange cycles; 3.4.4 Origin and adaptive value of the DGC; 3.4.5 Metabolic rate variation: size; 3.4.6 Metabolic rate variation: temperature and water availability

3.5 Gas exchange and metabolic rate during activity3.5.1 Flight; 3.5.2 Crawling, running, carrying; 3.5.3 Feeding; 3.6 Metabolic rate and ecology; 4 Water balance physiology; 4.1 Water loss; 4.1.1 Cuticle; 4.1.2 Respiration; 4.1.3 Excretion; 4.2 Water gain; 4.2.1 Food; 4.2.2 Drinking; 4.2.3 Metabolism; 4.2.4 Water vapour absorption; 4.3 Osmoregulation; 4.3.1 Haemolymph composition; 4.3.2 Responses to osmotic stress; 4.3.3 Salt intake; 4.4 Desiccation resistance; 4.4.1 Microclimates; 4.4.2 Group effects; 4.4.3 Dormancy, size, and phylogeny

4.5 The evidence for adaptation: Drosophila as a model5 Lethal temperature limits; 5.1 Method and measurement; 5.1.1 Rates of change; 5.1.2 Measures of thermal stress; 5.1.3 Exposure and recovery time; 5.2 Heat shock, cold shock, and rapid hardening; 5.2.1 Acclimation; 5.2.2 Heat shock; 5.2.3 Cold shock; 5.2.4 Relationships between heat and cold shock responses; 5.3 Programmed responses to cold; 5.3.1 Cold hardiness classifications; 5.3.2 Freeze intolerance; 5.3.3 Cryoprotective dehydration; 5.3.4 Freezing tolerance; 5.4 Large-scale patterns

5.4.1 Cold tolerance strategies: phylogeny, geography, benefits

Sommario/riassunto

Insects exhibit incredible physiological diversity, making them ideal model organisms for the purpose of this book. The authors draw together the central issues in physiology (nutrition, water balance, temperature, etc.) treating each in sufficient detail to give researchers a broad update in summary form.