Основы медицинских знаний

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Acclimatization

Автор: Jesse Russel
Год: 2012
Издание: Книга по Требованию
Страниц: 142
ISBN: 9785510724370
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Acclimatisation or acclimation is the process of an individual organism adjusting to a gradual change in its environment, (such as a change in temperature, humidity, photoperiod, or pH) allowing it to maintain performance across a range of environmental conditions. Acclimatisation occurs in a short period of time (days to weeks), and within the organism's lifetime (compare to adaptation). This may be a discrete occurrence or may instead represent part of a periodic cycle, such as a mammal shedding heavy winter fur in favor of a lighter summer coat. Organisms can adjust their morphological, behavioral, physical, and/or biochemical traits in response to changes in their environment. While the capacity to acclimate to novel environments has been well documented in thousands of species, researchers still know very little about how and why organisms acclimate the way that they do. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений, находящихся...
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