Animals at the extremes: the desert environment

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Animals at the extremes: the desert environment provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 14 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • Animal life has adapted to survive in the most unlikely and inhospitable habitats. This free course, Animals at the extremes: the desert environment, looks at the surprisingly diverse desert ...

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Learning outcomes
    • 1 The desert climate: An introduction
    • 1 The desert climate: An introduction
    • 2 Environments and populations
    • 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 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 Integrating across disciplines
    • 4.1 Heat-shock proteins
    • 4.1.1 Summary of Section 4
    • 5 Integrating across species
    • 5 Integrating across species
    • 6 Phylogeny and cladistic analysis
    • 6 Phylogeny and cladistic analysis
    • 7 Conclusion
    • 7 Conclusion
    • 8 Questions
    • 8 Questions
    • References
    • Acknowledgements