xii Table of Contents 



CHAPTER 2 



Endocrine Adaptive Mechanisms and the 

 Physiologic Regulation of Population Growth 



J. J. Christian 



General Introduction 189 



PART 1. THE ENDOCRINE ADAPTIVE MECHANISMS 



I . Introduction 191 



II. The Endocrine Glands of Adaptation 192 



PART 2. PHYSIOLOGIC ADAPTION AND MAMMALIAN POPULATIONS 



I. Introduction 261 



II. Endocrine Responses to Social Pressures and to Population Density 263 



III. Conclusion 325 



References 328 



AUTHOR INDEX 355 



SUBJECT INDEX 363 



