| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 423 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The diversity of vertebrate feeding systems / Kurt Schwenk and Margaret Rubega -- Concepts of digestive efficiency / Ian D. Hume -- Carbohydrate hydrolysis and absorption : lessons from modeling digestive function / Todd J. McWhorter -- Digestive constraints in mammalian and avian ecology / William H. Karasov and Scott R. McWilliams -- Paracellular intestinal absorption of carbohydrates in mammals and birds / Todd J. McWhorter -- Mass balance models for animal isotopic ecology / Carlos Martínez del Rio and Blair O. Wolf -- Structural flexibility of the digestive system of tetrapods -- patterns and processes at the cellular and tissue level / J. Matthias Starck -- Adaptive interplay between feeding ecology and features of the digestive tract in birds / Phil F. Battley and Theunis Piersma -- Gastrointestinal responses to fasting in mammals -- lessons from hibernators / Hannah V. Carey -- Interplay between diet, microbes, and immune defenses of the gastrointestinal tract / Kirk Klasing -- Effects of digestion on the respiratory and cardiovascular physiology of amphibians and reptiles / Tobias Wang, Johnnie B. Andersen and James W. Hicks -- Specific dynamic action in ectothermic vertebrates : a general review on the determinants of post-prandial metabolic response in fishes, amphibians, and reptiles / Denis V. Andrade [and others] -- Control of gut motility and secretion in fasting and fed non-mammalian vertebrates / Susanne Holmgren and Anna Holmberg -- Effects of dietary fatty acids on the physiology of environmental adaptation in fish / David J. McKenzie -- Aspects of protein and amino acids digestion and utilization by marine fish larvae / Ivar Rønnestad and Luis E.C. Conceição |
| Summary |
"In this book, a group of internationally recognized specialists discusses physiological and evolutionary adaptations to different feeding strategies in vertebrates. The book is a state-of-art account of our mechanistic, comparative and evolutionary understanding of how vertebrates have evolved and adapted to feed on diverse food items. The reviews cover the fields of comparative morphology, nutritional physiology, ecological physiology and molecular mechanisms of food uptake. This book is a unique and invaluable resource for professionals and students of animal physiology, evolutionary biology ecology, veterinary science, animal nutrition and animal production."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Digestion.
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Physiology, Comparative.
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Adaptation (Biology)
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Animal feeding.
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Adaptation (Physiology)
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Adaptation, Physiological
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Vertebrates -- physiology
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Digestive System -- anatomy & histology
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Digestive System Physiological Phenomena
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Feeding Behavior -- physiology
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Digestion
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Physiology, Comparative
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Adaptation, Biological
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Neuroscience.
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Adaptation (Physiology)
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Adaptation (Biology)
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Animal feeding
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Digestion
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Physiology, Comparative
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Anpassung
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Ernährungsphysiologie
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Fütterung
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Physiologie
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Tierernährung
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Wirbeltiere
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| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Starck, J. Matthias, 1958-
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Wang, Tobias.
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| LC no. |
2004052566 |
| ISBN |
9781578086504 |
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1578086507 |
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1281948500 |
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9781281948502 |
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9786611948504 |
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6611948503 |
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