Acclimatization or acclimatisation (also called acclimation or acclimatation) is the process in which an individual organism adjusts to a change in its environment (such as a change in altitude, temperature, humidity, photoperiod, or pH), allowing it to maintain fitness across a range of environmental conditions. Acclimatization occurs in a short period of time (hours to weeks), and within the organism's lifetime (compared to adaptation, which is evolution, taking place over many generations). This may be a discrete occurrence (for example, when mountaineers acclimate to high altitude over hours or days) or may instead represent part of a periodic cycle, such as a mammal shedding heavy winter fur in favor of a lighter summer coat. Organisms can adjust their morphological, behavioral, physical, and/or biochemical traits in response to changes in their environment.[1] While the capacity to acclimate to novel environments has been well documented in thousands of species, researchers still know very little about how and why organisms acclimate the way that they do.
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acclimate the way that they do. The nouns acclimatization and acclimation (and the corresponding verbs acclimatize and acclimate) are widely regarded as synonymous...
of Mount Everest. When pO2 drops, the body responds with altitude acclimatization. Mountain medicine recognizes three altitude regions which reflect...
eventually outstrips acclimatization. As a result, no permanent human habitation occurs above 6,000 metres (20,000 ft). A period of acclimatization is necessary...
The American Acclimatization Society was a group founded in New York City in 1871 dedicated to introducing European flora and fauna into North America...
Highway 318. Climbers typically rest at base camp for several days for acclimatization, to reduce the risk of altitude sickness. The Everest Base Camp trek...
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breathes more deeply and more frequently. But acclimatization requires days or even weeks. Failure to acclimatize may result in altitude sickness, including...
days for acclimatization. New workers without recent exposure to heat may require additional time to adjust. On the first day of an acclimatization process...
Thermoelectric acclimatization depends on the possibility of a Peltier cell of absorbing heat on one side and rejecting heat on the other side. Consequently...
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travellers need two days to reach the village of Namche Bazaar, an altitude-acclimatization stop for those continuing on. In August 2014, the Nepalese government...
will affect most climbers to some extent, depending on the degree of acclimatization. Although the normal climb is technically easy, multiple casualties...
and Timber in the Ancient Mediterranean World. Andrews, A. C. 1961. Acclimatization of citrus fruits in the Mediterranean region. Agricultural History...
persistent story alleges that Eugene Schieffelin, chairman of the American Acclimatization Society, decided all birds mentioned by William Shakespeare should...
are turned away. They arrive at a new campsite, where they struggle to acclimatize to the outdoors. The next morning, during a planned hike, Shaun falls...
Prague and keeps a core herd in its Przewalski's Horse Breeding and Acclimatization Facility in Dolní Dobřejov (Střezimíř municipality). The management...
blood and excrete bicarbonate into the urine. This is important in acclimatization to high altitude. The kidneys measure the oxygen content rather than...
upon what route is climbed, as routes vary considerably in terms of acclimatization profile and duration of the climb. Kilimanjaro has a number of official...
into four stages: Selection of mother plant Multiplication Rooting and acclimatizing Transfer new plant to soil Micropropagation begins with the selection...
has been a great deal of research done on developmental adjustment, acclimatization, and cultural practices, but less research on genetic adaptations to...
in a brutalist style with heavy emphasis on the use of concrete and acclimatization to the Israel's desert climate. Several novel ideas such as the Garden...
organism surviving and reproducing. Adaptation differs from flexibility, acclimatization, and learning, all of which are changes during life which are not inherited...
organizations introducing the soybean to France were the Society of Acclimatization (starting in 1855) and Li Yu-ying (from 1910). Li started a large tofu...
York Zoological Society. In 1877, he became chairman of the American Acclimatization Society and joined their efforts to introduce non-native species to...
the skin to radiate heat. This condition occurs within five days of acclimatization to higher temperatures, before the blood volume expands. The result...
left tributary and Kabardino-Balkaria were unsuccessful. A successful acclimatization occurred in Belarus, where three introductions (consisting of 52, 37...
However, above 8,000 metres (26,000 ft), (in the "death zone"), altitude acclimatization becomes impossible. There is a significantly lower overall mortality...
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