{"product_id":"the-thermal-warriors-strategies-of-insect-survival","title":"The Thermal Warriors: Strategies of Insect Survival","description":"\u003cp\u003eAll bodily activity is the result of the interplay of vastly complex physiological processes  and all of these processes depend on temperature. For insects  the struggle to keep body temperature within a suitable range for activity and competition is often a matter of life and death. A few studies of temperature regulation in butterflies can be found dating back to the late 1800s  but only recently have scientists begun to study the phenomenon in other insects. In The Thermal Warriors Bernd Heinrich explains how  when  and in general what insects regulate their body temperature and what it means to them. As he shows us  the ingenuity of the survival strategies insects have evolved in the irreducible crucible of temperature is astonishing: from shivering and basking  the construction of turrets (certain tiger beetles)  and cooling with liquid feces to stilting (some desert ants and beetles)  \"panting\" in grasshoppers and \"sweating cicada \" and counter- and alternating-currents of blood flow for heat retention and heat loss. In The Thermal Warriors Heinrich distills his great reference work  The Hot-Blooded Insects  to its essence: the most significant and fascinating stories that illustrate general principles  all conveyed in the always engaging prose we have come to expect from this author.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44948088455221,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674883411","price":48.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674883413_1d16f2a5-832a-4ee6-bbc2-c14779495506.jpg?v=1770037443","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-thermal-warriors-strategies-of-insect-survival","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}