1. komponenta

Lecture type	Total
Lectures	30
Practicum	30
Seminar	30

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

Animal ecophysiology covers anatomical/physiological/behavioural adaptations of animals to the extreme environmental conditions.

Syllabus:

Physiology and environment
Thermal physiology
Physiology of animals in deserts and dry savannas
Physiology of animals in polar regions
Hibernation and torpor
Mechanisms of orientation and navigation in animals
Functional anatomy and physiology of terrestrial movement
Functional anatomy and physiology of animal flight
Physiology of diving mammals and birds,
Biological clocks
Physiology of humans in extreme environments

1. Animal Physiology, 4th ed, Koriste se poglavlja 11 (Život životinja u polarnim krajevima), 18 (Orijentacija i navigacija u životinja), 21 (Plastičnost mišićnog rada), 26 (Fiziologija ronjenja morskih sisavaca) i 30 (Fiziološke adaptacije na život u pustinjama i suhim savanama)., R. W. Hill, G. A. Wyse, M. Anderson, Oxford University Press (Imprint of Sinauer Associates) ISBN: 9781605357379, 2016.
2. Environmental Physiology, Knjiga daje integrativni pristup fiziologiji životinja u ekstremnim uvjetima okoliša., R. Harding (ed.), The Open University Press, ISBN: 9780749258535, 2004.
3. Animal Physiology - An Environmental Perspective, Evolucijski pristup objašnjenju kako su se životinje fiziološki prilagodile okolišu u kojem žive., P. J. Butler, J. A. Brown, D. G. Stephenson, J. R. Speakman, Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780199655458, 2021.

Izborni kolegiji - Regular - Physiology and Immunobiology
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