Thermoregulation: physiological and behavioural mechanisms

What this note covers

1. Body temperature depends on heat gain and loss
2. Thermoreceptors and the hypothalamus coordinate control
3. Heat stress activates physiological heat loss
4. Cold exposure conserves and produces heat
5. Behaviour changes environmental heat exchange
6. Thermoregulation investigations need valid temperature evidence

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