Animal Physiology

Animal Physiology presents all the branches of modern animal physiology with a strong emphasis on integration among physiological disciplines, ecology, and evolutionary biology. Its full-colour illustration program includes many novel, visually effective features to help students learn.

ISBN	0878933174	Pages	725
ISBN13	9780878933174 (What's this?)	Volumes	1
Publisher	Sinauer Associates Inc.,U.S.	Weight (grammes)	2387
Imprint	Sinauer Associates Inc.,U.S.	Published in	Sunderland
Format	Hardback	Previous ISBN	9780878933150
Publication date	03 Jul 2008	Height (mm)	286
Library of Congress	2008006779	Width (mm)	245
DEWEY	571.1	Spine width (mm)	35
DEWEY edition	DC22	Academic level	Undergraduate

Pt. I	Fundamentals of Physiology	2
1	Animals and Environments: Function on the Ecological Stage	3
2	Molecules and Cells in Animal Physiology	29
3	Genomics, Proteomics, and Related Approaches to Physiology	63
4	Transport of Solutes and Water	81
Pt. II	Food, Energy, and Temperature	108
5	Nutrition, Feeding, and Digestion	109
6	Energy Metabolism	143
7	Aerobic and Anaerobic Forms of Metabolism	167
8	The Energetics of Aerobic Activity	189
9	Thermal Relations	205
10	Food, Energy, and Temperature at Work: The Lives of Mammals in Frigid Places	253
Pt. III	Integrating Systems	270
11	Neurons	271
12	Synapses	303
13	Sensory Processes	335
14	Nervous System Organization and Biological Clocks	371
15	Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Physiology	391
16	Reproduction	425
17	Integrating Systems at Work: Animal Navigation	453
Pt. IV	Movement and Muscle	468
18	Control of Movement: The Motor Bases of Animal Behavior	469
19	Muscle	489
20	Movement and Muscle at Work: Plasticity in Response to Use and Disuse	513
Pt. V	Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Internal Transport	532
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