Mammalian Energetics : Interdisciplinary Views of Metabolism and Reproduction / Thomas E. Tomasi, Teresa H. Horton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Horton, Teresa H., Editor.

Tomasi, Thomas E., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature Guides & Natural History.

Local Subjects:

Nature Guides & Natural History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.) : 41 b&w illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Although all mammals use energy for maintenance, growth, reproduction, and thermoregulation, the myriad of factors that regulate, limit, and cue these energy expenses make the study of energetics varied and challenging. In this book thirteen leading scientists from different research specializations blend theory and data to provide an integrated approach to the study of what mammals do with the energy they consume.The authors present varied perspectives on physiological studies of mammals and on the contributions these studies make to our understanding of mammalian ecology, evolution, and reproduction. While presenting data on specific physiological processes in an evolutionary context, they also demonstrate how assumptions, explicit or implicit, about the use of energy by mammals can influence the interpretation of data and the fundamental design of experiments.The volume opens with a historical review of research in energetics. The following six chapters treat topics on maximum metabolism, aquatic locomotion, morphophysiology, dormancy allometry, and phenotypic responses to the seasonal environment. The last three chapters deal with reproductive phsyiology. Throughout, the common theme is the exhamination of the costs and benefits of physiological processes.With its interdisciplinary and comparative approach, Mammalian Energetics suggests avenus of future research into the diversity and utility of energy allocation strategies. It will be of great interest to mammologists, physiological ecologists, and evolutionary biologists.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. Energy Expenditure: A Short History

2. Standard, Cold-induced, Metabolism of Rodents and Exercise-induced

3. Aquatic Locomotion

4. The Allometry of Thyroxine Utilization Rates

5. Morphophysiological Indicators of the Energy State of Small Mammals

6. Mammalian Dormancy

7. The Altricial/Precocial Contrast in the Thermal Relations and Energetics of Small Mammals

8. Natural Selection and Variation in Reproductive Physiology

9. Phenotypic Variation in Physiological Response to Seasonal Environments

10. Gestation and Lactation in Small Mammals: Basal Metabolic Rate and the Limits of Energy Use

Summary and Conclusion

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

1-5017-3797-X

OCLC:

1178770040