Physiological Diversity and its Ecological Implications -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Physiological diversity -- 1.2 Antecedents -- 1.3 Links to ecology -- 1.4 This book -- Chapter 2: Growing, Developing and Ageing -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 Old and new agendas for ontogeny -- 2.1.2 Replicating the individual -- 2.2 Origins of within-individual variation -- 2.3 Genetically determined patterns in within-individual variation -- 2.3.1 Anatomical complexity -- 2.3.2 Changes in physiological tolerance -- 2.3.3 Big individuals writ small? -- 2.3.4 Must morphological development be accompanied by physiological change? -- 2.4 Environmental modification of the physiological itinerary -- 2.4.1 Acclimatization and acclimation -- 2.4.2 Induction of physiological traits -- 2.4.3 Critical windows -- 2.4.4 It's all in the timing: physiological heterochrony -- 2.4.5 Disease and senescence -- 2.5 The importance of behaviour -- 2.6 The link to fitness -- 2.7 The uniqueness of the individual -- Chapter 3: Comparing Neighbours -- 3.1 Constrained and unconstrained variation -- 3.2 Frequency distributions of between-individual variation -- 3.2.1 Constrained variation -- 3.2.2 Unconstrained variation -- 3.3 Experimentally altering between-individual variation -- 3.4 Changes in between-individual variation in the field -- 3.4.1 Differential mortality and extreme events -- 3.4.2 Population persistence -- 3.4.3 Normal environmental variation, differential mortality and physiological adjustment -- 3.5 Sources of between-individual variation -- 3.5.1 Experimental variation and developmental noise -- 3.5.2 Individual circumstances -- 3.5.3 Genetic differentiation -- 3.6 The link to fitness? -- 3.7 Concluding discussion and summary -- Chapter 4: Population Differences -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The roots of population differences.

4.2.1 Things are not always as they appear -- 4.2.2 Acclimatization and reversible non-genetic differences -- 4.2.3 Irreversible non-genetic differences -- 4.2.4 Genetic differentiation -- 4.2.5 Demographic differences -- 4.3 Types of population similarity -- 4.3.1 Similarity in environmental conditions and absence of capacity for local acclimatization -- 4.3.2 Gene flow -- 4.4 Spatial patterns in between-population variation -- 4.4.1 Latitude -- 4.4.2 Altitude -- 4.4.3 Depth -- 4.5 Geographic ranges -- 4.5.1 Climate and occurrence -- 4.5.2 Why don't species have larger geographical ranges? -- 4.5.3 Do species escape climatic constraints on their ranges? -- 4.6 The link to fitness -- 4.7 Concluding discussion and summary -- Chapter 5: Species Contrasts -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Sources of between-species variation -- 5.2.1 Measurement and summary statistics -- 5.2.2 Phylogenetic relatedness -- 5.2.3 Species circumstances -- 5.2.4 Genetic differentiation -- 5.2.5 Summary -- 5.3 Allometry -- 5.4 Spatial patterns in between-species variation -- 5.4.1 Latitude -- 5.4.2 Altitude -- 5.4.3 Depth -- 5.5 Rare and common species -- 5.6 Changing species' distributions and physiology -- 5.7 Conclusions and summary -- Chapter 6: Overview -- 6.1 Pervasiveness -- 6.2 Hierarchical nature -- 6.3 Sources -- 6.4 Patterns -- 6.5 Mechanisms -- 6.6 Key questions -- 6.7 Wider relevance -- 6.8 In conclusion -- References -- Index.