ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY : adaptation and environment / KNUT SCHMIDT-NIELSEN

By:

Schmidt-Nielsen, Knut, 1915- [author.]

Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990Edition: FOURTH EDITIONDescription: xii, 602 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780521381963

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 591.1

Contents:

Part I. Oxygen: 1. Respiration 2. Blood 3. Circulation Part II. Food and Energy: 4. Food and fuel 5. Energy metabolism Part III. Temperature: 6. Temperature effects 7. Temperature regulation Part IV. Water: 8. Water and osmotic regulation 9. Excretion Part V. Movement, Information, Integration: 10. Movement, muscle, biomechanics 11. Control and integration 12. Hormonal control 13. Information and senses - Appendices

Summary: This edition of "Animal Physiology" has been fully revised and updated and provides a survey emphasizing fundamental principles rather than details. The text is written for those who want to know how things work, what animals do, and how they do it.

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Includes index

Part I. Oxygen:
1. Respiration
2. Blood
3. Circulation
Part II. Food and Energy:
4. Food and fuel
5. Energy metabolism Part III. Temperature:
6. Temperature effects
7. Temperature regulation Part IV. Water:
8. Water and osmotic regulation
9. Excretion Part V. Movement, Information, Integration:
10. Movement, muscle, biomechanics
11. Control and integration
12. Hormonal control
13. Information and senses - Appendices

This edition of "Animal Physiology" has been fully revised and updated and provides a survey emphasizing fundamental principles rather than details. The text is written for those who want to know how things work, what animals do, and how they do it.

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