Physiological Ecology : How Animals Process Energy, Nutrients, and Toxins / William H. Karasov and Carlos Martínez del Rio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karasov, William H., 1953- author.

Martínez del Rio, Carlos, 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal ecophysiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : 40 halftones. 242 line illus.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Unlocking the puzzle of how animals behave and how they interact with their environments is impossible without understanding the physiological processes that determine their use of food resources. But long overdue is a user-friendly introduction to the subject that systematically bridges the gap between physiology and ecology. Ecologists--for whom such knowledge can help clarify the consequences of global climate change, the biodiversity crisis, and pollution--often find themselves wading through an unwieldy, technically top-heavy literature. Here, William Karasov and Carlos Martínez del Rio present the first accessible and authoritative one-volume overview of the physiological and biochemical principles that shape how animals procure energy and nutrients and free themselves of toxins--and how this relates to broader ecological phenomena. After introducing primary concepts, the authors review the chemical ecology of food, and then discuss how animals digest and process food. Their broad view includes symbioses and extends even to ecosystem phenomena such as ecological stochiometry and toxicant biomagnification. They introduce key methods and illustrate principles with wide-ranging vertebrate and invertebrate examples. Uniquely, they also link the physiological mechanisms of resource use with ecological phenomena such as how and why animals choose what they eat and how they participate in the exchange of energy and materials in their biological communities. Thoroughly up-to-date and pointing the way to future research, Physiological Ecology is an essential new source for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students-and an ideal synthesis for professionals. The most accessible introduction to the physiological and biochemical principles that shape how animals use resources Unique in linking the physiological mechanisms of resource use with ecological phenomena An essential resource for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students An ideal overview for researchers

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

SECTION ONE. Overview

SECTION TWO. Chemical Ecology of Food

SECTION THREE. Digestive Ecology

SECTION FOUR. The Ecology of Postabsorptive Nutrient Processing

SECTION FIVE. Limiting Nutrients

SECTION SIX. Production in Budgets of Mass and Energy

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mai 2020)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780691213316

0691213313

OCLC:

1158114878