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Physiological ecology: how animals process energy, nutrients, and toxins / Karasov, W.H. ; del Rio, C.M. (2007)  

Public ISBD Titre : Physiological ecology: how animals process energy, nutrients, and toxins Type de document : livre Auteurs : Karasov, W.H. ; del Rio, C.M. Editeur : Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press Année de publication : 2007 Importance : 741 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-07453-4 Note générale : Inventaire 2008: Pointé en rayon le 06/05/2008 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Animal metabolism  Animal physiology  Ecophysiology  Physiology Résumé : 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. [Résumé éditeur] Note de contenu : Hbk; Texte intégral du chapitre 1 : http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/s8590.pdf En ligne : http://press.princeton.edu/TOCs/c8590.html Physiological ecology: how animals process energy, nutrients, and toxins [livre] / Karasov, W.H. ; del Rio, C.M. . - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2007 . - 741 p. ISSN : 978-0-691-07453-4 Inventaire 2008: Pointé en rayon le 06/05/2008 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Animal metabolism  Animal physiology  Ecophysiology  Physiology Résumé : 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. [Résumé éditeur] Note de contenu : Hbk; Texte intégral du chapitre 1 : http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/s8590.pdf En ligne : http://press.princeton.edu/TOCs/c8590.html

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Code-barres	Cote	Support	Localisation	Section	Disponibilité
68290	Kar_4_68290	Livre	Salle des ouvrages	04_Ecologie_animale	Disponible