| Description |
xiv, 741 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Basic concepts : budgets, allometry, temperature, and the imprint of history -- Ch. 2. The chemistry and biology of food -- Ch. 3. Food intake and utilization efficiency -- Ch. 4. Simple guts : the ecological biochemistry and physiology of catalytic digestion -- Ch. 5. Photosynthetic animals and gas-powered mussels : the physiological ecology of nutritional symbioses -- Ch. 6. Digestive symbioses : how insect and vertebrate herbivores cope with low quality plant foods -- Ch. 7. Postabsorptive processing of nutrients -- Ch. 8. Isotopic ecology -- Ch. 9. How animals deal with poisons and pollutants -- Ch. 10. Ecological stoichiometry -- Ch. 11. Nitrogen and mineral requirements -- Ch. 12. Water requirement and water flux -- Ch. 13. Growth in budgets of mass and energy -- Ch. 14. Reproduction in budgets of mass and energy |
| Summary |
"Unlocking the puzzle of how animals behave and how they interact with their environments is impossible without understanding the physiological processes that determine their use of food resources. But long overdue is a user-friendly introduction to the subject that systematically bridges the gap between physiology and ecology. Ecologists - for whom such knowledge can help clarify the consequences of global climate change, the biodiversity crisis, and pollution - often find themselves wading through an unwieldy, technically top-heavy literature. Here, William Karasov and Carlos Martinez del Rio present the first accessible and authoritative one-volume overview of the physiological and biochemical principles that shape how animals procure energy and nutrients and free themselves of toxins - and how this relates to broader ecological phenomena."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Animal ecophysiology.
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| Author |
Martínez del Rio, Carlos, 1956-
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| LC no. |
2006037344 |
| ISBN |
9780691074535 (clothbound : alk. paper) |
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0691074534 (clothbound : alk. paper) |
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