Animals at the extremes: The desert environment
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## Contents

- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 The desert climate: An introduction
- 2 Environments and populations
  - 2.1 Introduction
  - 2.2 How animals interact with the environment is affected by their body size
  - 2.3 Behavioural strategies of evaders
  - 2.4 Behavioural strategies of evaporators
  - 2.5 Behavioural strategies of endurers
    - 2.5.1 Summary of Section 2
- 3 Integrating across levels of analysis
  - 3.1 Introduction
  - 3.2 Integration of anatomy and behaviour with biochemical and physiological strategies in evaders
  - 3.3 Integration of anatomical features and biochemical and physiological strategies in evaporators
  - 3.4 Integration of anatomical features and biochemical and physiological strategies in endurers
  - 3.5 Summary of Section 3
- 4 Integrating across disciplines
  - 4.1 Heat-shock proteins
    - 4.1.1 Summary of Section 4
- 5 Integrating across species
- 6 Phylogeny and cladistic analysis
- 7 Conclusion
- 8 Questions
- Keep on learning
- References
- Acknowledgements

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