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.* -**4^1ac by national and I'nte:m8tlOnAl thirty-four articles hv nc authorl.tles or anLrnal and pJ-ant phyeiology provlde contrfbutJ.ons to epecLflc areas it reedarch and offer loterdlsctpllnary study for graduate and upper-dlvisl'on uadergraduate

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MaJor artlcLes by D.

B. Dillr- F. w' Weat, S' W' Troup s..8. Folk, it., "opply the backgrouad aa{ perspeetlve ""i research reporte arrlcled toward the chal"lenge whlch for 6ystens ln the seolarid envfrometrt offers to physloLogical !d'th uamconcerned pi"ot" and anLmals. Research rePorts na].sioel'uaetrerdstudlesoftemperatureregul.ation'kidney bLology, snd,oxygen consumptioa of heart honogenat"l-of radloLsobars;-siudtes coicerned rrtlh blologLcal- -rhythns,squlrrels; of gror$d tope'aetabolfem, aod thyroid activlty and Etudles of eeagonal- changes ln body compoeitlon of of kangaroo 34t8. Papere otr ltater metaboLism' regulatloa egg teqperaturer aoa lre"afng raage of blrdE are I'rrcluded' w*th anphibiaae aod reptt'1es' Several- papers i"* "oo""rned al.titudes, and workl'ng and l.lvDesert eurvlval, exerclse at ing ln urbaa eomplexee are aff)ng the topi'ee ln human with phlstology. Botanieal reeearch papere are,concerned aod such toplcs as pi*"t distributfonr.salt and water stresa' gemiarJ.d envLtonmentg'' ,."po""L of rool asd stomata to
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pepnns and abstracts in this volume were Presnted at a seminar on..Physiological systems in semiarid Environments" at the university of New Mexico on November 9, 10, and I l, 196?, under my direo tion. The seminar was supported by Grant cz-660 from the National Science Foundation. tts bLlectives were (i) to stimulate rerearctr in physiological sy$tems of plants and animals in semiarid areas, (ii) to explore possibilities for integrated research and teaching prqgrams in-colleges situated in or near semiarid areas, and (iii) to facilitate petroo*l communication among investigators and students in the

southwestern United States.

The principal addresses, by D. Bruce Dill, Frits W. Went, and G' Edgar folk, Jr., provided perspective and created an atmosphere that facllirated .i"trittgu of idias ind recognition of the need for and di'
recdon for future research. I hope students of biology, as they read these articles, will note the following points. l. Numerous clues for future study are gained by an historical ap proach to problems. 2. Orgnisms living in semiarid environments may be adapted to mot. thitt one aspeci of the environment, for example, heat, mois' ture, salt concentrations, and low atmospheric Pre{sure. 3. There is a need to lelate biological systems at various levels of

organization. Survival of individuals or species in an environment may be dependent on one or more characteristics Present in molecu' lar, tissue, crgan, system, whole'organism, or community level$. There is real need ior invesrigators (i) to describe environments in quantirative terms, (ii) to integrate information from various levels of bio' logical organization, and (iii) to design complimentary field and laboratory experiments, 4. Deseit aninrals and plants may not be subject to stress because species characteristics and physiological adaptations make them well ruit"a for life in environments which for other organisms may be stres$ful to the extent of being lethal' "Kangaroo rats appear to be

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