Karasov, William H.

Physiological ecology : How animals process energy, nutrients and toxins / William H. Karasov and Carlos Martínez del Rio - First edition - 740 páginas : With color illustrations ; 26 cm.

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Basic Concepts: Budgets, allometry, temperature, and the imprint of history -- The Chemistry and biology of Food, Food intake and utilization efficiency -- Simple Guts: The Ecological Biochemistry and Physiology of Catalytic Digestion -- Photosynthetic animals and Gas - Powered Mussels: The physiological ecology of nutritional Symbioses -- Digestive symbioses: How insect and vertebrate Herbivoeres cope with low quality Plant food -- Postabsorptive Processing of nutrients -- Isotopic ecology -- How animals deal with Poisons and pollutants -- Ecological Stoichiometry -- Nitrogen and Mineral Requirements -- Water Requirement and Water flux -- Growth in budgets of mass and Energy -- Reproduction in budgets of mass and Energy

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Animal ecophysiology
Ecofisiología animal
Animal fisiology
Fisiología animal
Animal adaptation
Adaptación de los animales

591.7 / / K182p

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