Cultural heritage materials : an XPS approach / Claudia Altavilla and Enrico Ciliberto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Altavilla, Claudia, author.

Ciliberto, E. (Enrico), author.

Series:

Materials science and technologies series.

Animal science, issues, and professions series

Nova biomedical

Materials science and technologies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural property--Protection.

Cultural property.

Artists' materials--Analysis.

Artists' materials.

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (557 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Reptiles demonstrate remarkable diversity across the landscape. From inland habitats of deserts and grasslands to coastal plains and oceans, the unique adaptations and life histories of reptiles have been shaped by a suite of abiotic and biotic factors. It is the interface between the organism and its environment that present biologists with the opportunity to explore how reptiles behaviorally and physiologically respond to their environments and to determine what factors govern their ecology. ""Reptiles in Research: Investigations of Ecology, Physiology, and Behavior from Desert to Sea"" will

Contents:

""REPTILES IN RESEARCH: INVESTIGATIONS OF ECOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND BEHAVIOR FROM DESERT TO SEA""; ""REPTILES IN RESEARCH: INVESTIGATIONS OF ECOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND BEHAVIOR FROM DESERT TO SEA""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Chapter 1: A PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW OF REPTILES AS ANIMAL MODELS: THE ROLE OF CONTEXT AND THE NEED FOR RESEARCH""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 2: LIFE AND LOCOMOTION IN A SEA OF SAND: EVOLUTION OF WEB-FOOTED GECKOS OF THE NAMIB""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""

""RESEARCH METHODS""""RESULTS AND DISCUSSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 3: TOWN AND COUNTRY LIZARDS: PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY OF SIDE-BLOTCHED LIZARDS ACROSS A VARIABLE LANDSCAPE""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""RESEARCH METHODS""; ""RESULTS AND DISCUSSION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 4: LIFE ON THE CLIFFS: THE ONTOGENY OF HABITAT SELECTION AND DIET SHIFTS IN SPINY-TAILED IGUANAS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""RESEARCH METHODS""; ""RESULTS AND DISCUSSION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""

""Chapter 5: REPTILE SPECIES RICHNESS AND DISTRIBUTION: WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM ARID AND SEMIARID ENVIRONMENTS? """"ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""RESEARCH METHODS""; ""RESULTS AND DISCUSSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 6: REPTILE TRACKS: AN INDICATOR FOR IDENTIFYING AREAS OF HIGH DIVERSITY IN ARID ZONES OF MEXICO""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""RESEARCH METHODS""; ""RESULTS AND DISCUSSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 7: VISUAL AND CHEMICAL SIGNALS OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATION: PROVIDING THE LINK TO HABITAT AND ENVIRONMENT ""; ""ABSTRACT""

""INTRODUCTION""""RESEARCH METHODS""; ""RESULTS AND DISCUSSION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 8: ADRENAL CEL SECRETION IN THE ITALIAN WALL LIZARD: ACTIONS OF REGULATORY NEUROPEPTIDES ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""RESEARCH METHODS""; ""RESULTS AND DISCUSSION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 9: COPING WITH INVASIVE INVADERS: BEHAVIORAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL MODIFICATIONS OF THE TEXAS HORNED LIZARD""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""RESEARCH METHODS""; ""RESULTS AND DISCUSSION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""

""REFERENCES""""Chapter 10: HORNED LIZARD RESPONSES TO DIVERSE THREATS FROM DIVERSE PREDATORS: MENTAL CONSTRUCTS AND COGNITIVE WORLDS?""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""RESEARCH METHODS""; ""RESULTS AND DISCUSSION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 11: THE VIRTUAL REPTILE: MATHEMATICAL MODELS AND SIMULATIONS OF THERMOREGULATORY STRATEGY ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""RESEARCH METHODS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 12: SOCIAL LIFE ON THE ROCKS: BEHAVIORAL DIVERSITY AND SEXUAL SELECTION IN COLLARED LIZARDS ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""

""RESEARCH METHODS""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61470-652-2

1-62808-620-3

1-62808-599-1