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Author : Max Kleiber
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Fire of Life written by Max Kleiber and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1961-01-15 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Max Kleiber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (796 download)
Download or read book The Fire Of Life An Introduction To Animal Energetics written by Max Kleiber and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert H. Catlett
Publisher : Ardent Media
ISBN 13 : 9780842271196
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (711 download)
Download or read book Readings in Animal Energetics written by Robert H. Catlett and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on 1973 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Friedrich Helfferich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (959 download)
Download or read book The Fire of Life written by Friedrich Helfferich and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Barry Gordon Lovegrove
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300227167
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Fires of Life written by Barry Gordon Lovegrove and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking argument on how endothermy--arguably the most important innovation in vertebrate evolution--developed in birds and mammals "Vividly narrated and illustrated. . . . Provocative and fascinating for specialists and lay readers alike."--Southeastern Naturalist This pioneering work investigates why endothermy, or "warm-bloodedness," evolved in birds and mammals, despite its enormous energetic costs. Arguing that single-cause hypotheses to explain the origins of endothermy have stalled research since the 1970s, Barry Gordon Lovegrove advances a novel conceptual framework that considers multiple potential causes and integrates data from the southern as well as the northern hemisphere. Drawing on paleontological data; research on extant species in places like the Karoo, Namaqualand, Madagascar, and Borneo; and novel physiological models, Lovegrove builds a compelling new explanation for the evolution of endothermy. Vividly narrated and illustrated, this book stages a groundbreaking argument that should prove provocative and fascinating for specialists and lay readers alike.
Author : Max Kleiber (Biochemist, Switzerland, United States)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (638 download)
Download or read book The Fire of Life written by Max Kleiber (Biochemist, Switzerland, United States) and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Tytler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401179182
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Fish Energetics written by Peter Tytler and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is almost thirty years since Professor G. G. Winberg established the basis for experimental studies in fish energetics with the publication of his monograph, Rate of Metabolism and Food Requirements of Fishes. His ultimate aim was to develop a scientific approach to fish culture and management, and the immense volume of literature generated in the ensuing years has been mainly in response to the demand for information from a rapidly expanding, world-wide aquaculture industry and to the shortcomings of contemporary practices in fisheries management. The purpose of this book is not to review this literature compre hensively, but, assuming an informed readership, to focus attention on topics in which new knowledge and theory are beginning to be applied in practice. Most emphasis has been placed on food; feeding; production (growth and reproduction) and energy budgeting, as these have most influence on the development of fish culture. Some chapters offer practical advice for the selection of methods, and warn of pitfalls in previous approaches. In others the influence of new theory on the interpretation of studies in fish energetics is discussed in the context of resource allocation and adaptation. We hope that the scope of material presented here will have sufficient interest and value to help significantly to fulfil Winberg's original objectives.
Author : Board on Agriculture
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309031273
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Nutritional Energetics of Domestic Animals and Glossary of Energy Terms written by Board on Agriculture and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1981-02-01 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rebecca L. Remillard
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119303737
Total Pages : 581 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (193 download)
Download or read book Equine Clinical Nutrition written by Rebecca L. Remillard and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-03-20 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EQUINE CLINICAL NUTRITION Authoritative resource on the nutritional management of horses, now incorporating the iterative learning process The second edition of Equine Clinical Nutrition is a fully updated and expanded revision of the classic student text on nutritional management of horses, covering updated nutrient recommendations, rations, feeding management, clinical nutrition and many other important topics in the field. To aid in reader comprehension, this new edition takes a new instructional approach to nutritional management using an iterative sequence of defined procedures. Divided into distinct sections for easy accessibility, this book is a comprehensive resource for feeding practices and management of healthy and sick horses alike. A thorough understanding of life stages, anatomy, physiology, and behavior underpins the practice of clinical nutrition. Sample topics covered in Equine Clinical Nutrition include: The evolution of horses to changing food supply, the importance of their microbiome, and the behavior patterns of feeding and drinking Nutrient metabolism of water, energy, protein, minerals, and vitamins, plus ration assessment, farm investigations, forages, and toxic plants Manufactured feeds, dietary supplements, USA feed regulations, and feed safety protocols Nutritional assessment of horses by life stage, recognizing pain and discomfort behaviors, and dietary management of weight and major system disorders Equine Clinical Nutrition is an essential text for students of veterinary medicine, animal science, pre-veterinary programs, and a desk reference for equine practitioners wanting practical clinical feeding recommendations. With comprehensive coverage of the topic, it is an essential text for everything related to nutrition in horses.
Author : Lawrence C.H. Wang
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642740782
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (427 download)
Download or read book Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology written by Lawrence C.H. Wang and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When survival is challenged by the cold, animals react by employing both behavioral and physiological solutions. Depending on the magni tude of the cold stress and the nature of the adjustment, simple avoidance or sophisticated capacity or resistance compensations may be used. Thus, migration, shelter seeking, metabolic and insulative compen sation, torpor, and freezing avoidance and tolerance are successful tac tics used by diverse groups of animals. To understand and appreciate the benefits of these tactics, it is necessary to examine not only the well being of the whole animal but also their basic underlying mechanisms. In ad dition, it is also of fundamental importance to grasp how seasonal cold affects the survivorship and reproductive success of populations when confronted by a general reduction in primary productivity and an elevated energy cost for maintenance (e. g. in endotherms). In this regard, a synthetic overview which integrates aspects of cell biology, biochem istry, physiology, neurobiology, behavior, and population biology should be a fruitful approach in providing a holistic understanding on how animals adapt to cold. The present volume is an attempt to achieve such an overview; its objective is to provide a depth and breadth of coverage that is essential to a full appreciation of animal adaptation to cold. It is the hope of the contributing authors that this book will serve as an effective reference text for all senior undergraduate and graduate students as well as research scientists with an interest in cold physiology.
Author : Michael A. Castellini
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1482242699
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (822 download)
Download or read book Marine Mammal Physiology written by Michael A. Castellini and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-11-18 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suppose you were designing a marine mammal. What would you need to think about to allow it to live in the ocean? How would you keep it warm? What would you design to allow it to dive for very long periods to extreme depths? Where would it find water to drink? How would you minimize the cost of swimming, and how would it find its prey in the deep an
Author : Marion Nestle
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520262883
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Why Calories Count written by Marion Nestle and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-04-18 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nestle and Nesheim explain in clear and accessible language what calories are and how they work. They take readers through the issues that are fundamental to our understanding of diet and food, weight gain, loss, and obesity.
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Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0080923232
Total Pages : 2275 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 2275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fish form an extremely diverse group of vertebrates. At a conservative estimate at least 40% of the world's vertebrates are fish. On the one hand they are united by their adaptations to an aquatic environment and on the other they show a variety of adaptations to differing environmental conditions - often to extremes of temperature, salinity, oxygen level and water chemistry. They exhibit an array of behavioural and reproductive systems. Interesting in their own right, this suite of adaptive physiologies provides many model systems for both comparative vertebrate and human physiologists. This four volume encyclopedia covers the diversity of fish physiology in over 300 articles and provides entry level information for students and summary overviews for researchers alike. Broadly organised into four themes, articles cover Functional, Thematic, and Phylogenetic Physiology, and Fish Genomics. Functional articles address the traditional aspects of fish physiology that are common to all areas of vertebrate physiology including: Reproduction, Respiration, Neural (Sensory, Central, Effector), Endocrinology, Renal, Cardiovascular, Acid-base Balance, Osmoregulation, Ionoregulation, Digestion, Metabolism, Locomotion, and so on. Thematic Physiology articles are carefully selected and fewer in number. They provide a level of integration that goes beyond the coverage in the Functional Physiology topics and include discussions of Toxicology, Air-breathing, Migrations, Temperature, Endothermy, etc. Phylogenetic Physiology articles bring together information that bridges the physiology of certain groupings of fishes where the knowledge base has a sufficient depth and breadth and include articles on Ancient Fishes, Tunas, Sharks, etc. Genomics articles describe the underlying genetic component of fish physiology and high light their suitability and use as model organisms for the study of disease, stress and physiological adaptations and reactions to external conditions. Winner of a 2011 PROSE Award Honorable Mention for Multivolume Science Reference from the Association of American Publishers The definitive encyclopedia for the field of fish physiology Three volumes which comprehensively cover the entire field in over 300 entries written by experts Detailed coverage of basic functional physiology of fishes, physiological themes in fish biology and comparative physiology amongst taxonomic Groups Describes the genomic bases of fish physiology and biology and the use of fish as model organisms in human physiological research Includes a glossary of terms
Author : Richard Carlton Snyder
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Deterrence, Weapon Systems, and Decicion-making written by Richard Carlton Snyder and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roger Eston
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415251884
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (518 download)
Download or read book Kinanthropometry and Exercise Physiology Laboratory Manual written by Roger Eston and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kinanthropometrics is the study of the human body size and somatotypes and their quantitative relationships with exercise and nutrition. This is the second edition of a successful text on the subject.
Author : T.R. Southwood
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401572917
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Ecological Methods written by T.R. Southwood and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The virtual impossibility of extracting the many different species from a habitat with equal efficiency by a single method (e.g. Nef, 1960). 1.1 Population estimates Population estimates can be classified into a number of different types; the most convenient classification is that adopted by Morris (1955), although he used the terms somewhat differently in a later paper (1960). 1.1.1 Absolute and related estimates The animal numbers may be expressed as a density per unit area of the ground of the habitat. Such estimates are given by nearest neighbour and related techniques (Chapter 2), marking and recapture (Chapter 3), by sampling a known fraction of the habitat (Chapter 4-6) and by removal sampling and random walk techniques (Chapter 7). Absolute population The number of animals per unit area (e.g. hectare, acre). It is almost impossible to construct a budget or to study mortality factors without the conversion of population estimates to absolute figures, for not only do insects often move from the plant to the soil at different developmental stages, but the amount of plant material is itself always changing. The importance of obtaining absolute estimates cannot be overemphasized.
Author : Robert J. Beyers
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461393442
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (613 download)
Download or read book Ecological Microcosms written by Robert J. Beyers and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecological Microcosms is a seminal work which reviews the expanding field of enclosed ecosystem research, and relates the results and models of microcosm studies to general concepts in ecology. Microcosms are miniaturized pieces of our biosphere, ranging from streams and lakes to terraria, agroecosystems, and waste systems. The study of these simplified ecosystems is providing provocative insights into ecological principles as well as issues of environmental management and global stability. The authors have used the well-known thermodynamic approach of H.T. Odum and numerous computer simulations. The book also includes an evaluation of alternative mesocosm approaches for the support of humans in space, as well as appendices to aid in the teaching of environmental concepts using student-created microcosms. Ecological Microcosms will be of interest to ecologists, environmental engineers, policy makers and environmental managers, space scientists, and educators. Robert J. Beyers is a Professor of Biology at the University of South Alabama. Howard T. Odum is Graduate Research Professor of Environmental Engineering Sciences at the University of Florida, and was awarded, with Eugene Odum, the 1987 Crafoord Prize in the Biosciences.
