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Title:
Physiological and ecological adaptations to feeding in vertebrates / editors, J. Matthias Starck, Tobias Wang.
Publisher:
Science Publishers,
Copyright Date:
c2005
Description:
viii, 425 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Digestion.
Physiology, Comparative.
Adaptation (Biology)
Animal feeding.
Adaptation, Physiological.
Vertebrates--Physiology.
Digestive Physiology.
Digestive System--anatomy & histology
Feeding behavior--Physiology.
Other Authors:
Starck, J. Matthias, 1958-
Wang, Tobias.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 ... [et al.] -- 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.
ISBN:
9781578082469
1578082463
OCLC:
(OCoLC)56011087
LCCN:
2004052566
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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