[ə-klī́mə-tĭ-zā́shən]
(n.)The physiological adaptation of an animal or plant to changes in climate or environment, such as light, temperature, or altitude.
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Acclimatization or acclimation is the process of an organism adjusting to change in its environment, allowing it to survive changes in temperature, water and food availability, other stresses and o...
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Outdoor Action Guide to; High Altitude: Acclimatization and Illnesses ... This process is known as acclimatization and generally takes 1-3 days at that altitude. For example, if you hike to 10,000 feet (3,048 meters), and spend several days at that altitude, your body acclimatizes to 10,000 feet (3,048 meters).
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Little is known about the role of arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (AMF) on physiological changes of micropropagated plantlets during acclimatization and post-acclimatization. ... Plantlets had low photosynthetic rates (A) and poor initial growth during acclimatization. Relative water content (RWC) decreased during the first...
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however, neither the acute hypoxic ventilatory response nor the time course or magnitude of ventilatory acclimatization differed between PNH and control rats despite similar levels of PaO2 . Although carotid body volume was reduced in PNH rats, carotid body volumes increased during sustained hypoxia in both PNH and...
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acclimatization n. The physiological adaptation of an animal or plant to changes in climate or environment, such as light, temperature, or ... Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: acclimatization...
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Physiological Responses; Heat Illness; Factors Affecting Acclimatization; Loss of Acclimatization; References ... Heat acclimatization is specific to the stress imposed on the human body. For example, passive exposure to heat induces some responses, notably an improved ability to dissipate heat. In contrast,
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Steve & Judy's Altitude & Acclimatization Page ... Altitude and Acclimatization ... This page is offered as a discussion of acclimatization in mountaineering, and has some links to relevant sites. The information has been collected from other sites, conversations with professional mountaineers, common sense and...
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on acclimatization (biology), any of the numerous gradual, long-term responses of an organism to changes in its environment. Such responses are more or less habitual and reversible should environmental conditions revert to an earlier state. ... In dealing with acclimatization,
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