How giraffes work / Graham Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitchell, Graham, 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Giraffe.

Giraffe--Conservation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (609 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

This is a comprehensive overview of wild and free-living giraffes. Graham Mitchell combines nearly every piece of published research about this species into the pages of this book, making it an incredibly useful book for researchers, scientists, and naturalists studying a single species.

Contents:

cover

How Giraffes Work

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

1. What's in a Name?

2. Some Firsts

3. The Scientific Age

4. The Antecedents

5. Notes on Allometry and Prediction of Body Mass and Age of Giraffes

6. Antitypes, Ancestors, and the Origin of Modern Giraffes

7. The World of Browsers

8. The Machinery of Digestion

9. The Blood Pressure of Giraffes

10. Edema, Fainting, and Strokes

11. Water Balance in Giraffes

12. Respiration

13. Exercise in Giraffes

14. Keeping Cool

15. The Skeleton of Giraffes

16. Muscles, Nerves, and Skin

17. Reproduction and the Fetus

18. A Shape to Die for?

Alphabetical References

Giraffe-​Specific References in Chronological Order

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-757122-0

0-19-757121-2

OCLC:

1230251846