Opis: Animal Physiology - Gordon Wyse, Margaret Anderson, Richard Hill

Presents all the branches of modern animal physiology with a strong emphasis on integration among physiological disciplines, ecology, and evolutionary biology.PART I: FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSIOLOGY 1. Animals and Environments: Function on the Ecological Stage 2. Molecules and Cells in Animal Physiology 3. Genomics, Proteomics, and Related Approaches to Physiology 4. Physiological Development and Epigenetics 5. Transport of Solutes and Water PART II: FOOD, ENERGY, AND TEMPERATURE 6. Nutrition, Feeding, and Digestion 7. Energy Metabolism 8. Aerobic and Anaerobic Forms of Metabolism 9. The Energetics of Aerobic Activity 10. Thermal Relations 11. Food, Energy, and Temperature at Work: The Lives of Mammals in Frigid Places PART III: INTEGRATING SYSTEMS 12. Neurons 13. Synapses 14. Sensory Processes 15. Nervous System Organization and Biological Clocks 16. Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Physiology 17. Reproduction 18. Integrating Systems at Work: Animal Navigation PART IV: MOVEMENT AND MUSCLE 19. Control of Movement: The Motor Bases of Animal Behavior 20. Muscle 21. Movement and Muscle at Work: Plasticity in Response to Use and Disuse PART V: OXYGEN, CARBON DIOXIDE, AND INTERNAL TRANSPORT 22. Introduction to Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Physiology 23. External Respiration: The Physiology of Breathing 24. Transport of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide in Body Fluids (with an Introduction to Acid-Base Physiology) 25. Circulation 26. Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Internal Transport at Work: Diving by Marine Mammals PART VI: WATER, SALTS, AND EXCRETION 27. Water and Salt Physiology: Introduction and Mechanisms 28. Water and Salt Physiology of Animals in Their Environments 29. Kidneys and Excretion (with Notes on Nitrogen Excretion) 30. Water, Salts, and Excretion at Work: Mammals of Deserts and Dry Savannas

Szczegóły: Animal Physiology - Gordon Wyse, Margaret Anderson, Richard Hill

Tytuł: Animal Physiology
Autor: Gordon Wyse, Margaret Anderson, Richard Hill
Wydawnictwo: Sinauer Associates
ISBN: 9781605354712
Rok wydania: 2016
Ilość stron: 500
Oprawa: Twarda

Recenzje: Animal Physiology - Gordon Wyse, Margaret Anderson, Richard Hill