TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 Part I. The Evolution of Homeothermy. 



1. Introductory Remarks, 



John P. Hannon ^^^ 



2. Some Temperature Adaptations of Poikilothermic 



Vertebrates, C. Ladd Prosser 1 



3. The Evolution of Avian Temperature Regulation 



William R. Dawson 45 



4. The Evolution of Mammalian Temperature Regulation, 



Kjell Johansen 73 



Part II. The Maintenance of Homeothermy. 



5. Heterothermy in the Cold Adaptations of Warm 



Blooded Animals, Laurence Irving 133 



6. Maximal Metabolism and Organ Thermogenesis in 



Mammals, Ladislav Jansky 175 



7. The Physiology of Mammalian Cold Acclimation, 



J. Sanford Hart 203 



8. Temperature Responses and Adaptations in Domestic 



Mammals, Max Kleiber 243 



9. Temperature Responses and Adaptations in Birds, 



George C. West 291 



10. Racial Variations in Human Responses to 



Temperature, Frederick A. Milan 325 



11. Temperature Regulation in Animals Native to 



Tropical and High Altitude Environments, Peter R. 

 Morrison 381 



12. Temperature Regulation in Animals Native to the 



Desert Environment, Jack W. Hudson 413 



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