A proposed classification of environmental adaptation: The example of high altitude

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 223-229

  Richalet, Jean Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Altitude; Extreme environment; Genetics; Hypoxia; Physiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LAMA (MAMMAL); OCHOTONIDAE;

EID: 33846337405     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11157-006-9113-0     Document Type: Review

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