Integrative Wildlife Nutrition [electronic resource] /edited by Perry S. Barboza, Katherine L. Parker, Ian D. Hume.
by Barboza, Perry S [editor.]; Parker, Katherine L [editor.]; Hume, Ian D [editor.]; SpringerLink (Online service).
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BookPublisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.Description: XVIII, 342 p. online resource.ISBN: 9783540878858.Subject(s): Life sciences | Nutrition | Animal ecology | Conservation biology | Animal Physiology | Wildlife management | Environmental management | Life Sciences | Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management | Animal Physiology | Conservation Biology/Ecology | Nutrition | Environmental Management | Animal EcologyDDC classification: 597 | 590 Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Functional Relationships -- Introduction: Common Themes Across Diverse Taxa -- Food and Populations -- Feeding Dynamics: Functional and Behavioral Responses -- Measuring Food Consumption -- Digestive Function -- Substrates and Tissue Constituents -- Carbohydrates: Sugars, Fiber and Fermentation -- Lipids: Fatty Acids and Adipose Tissue -- Nitrogenous Substrates: Nucleic Acids to Amino Excretion -- Metabolic Constituents: Water, Minerals and Vitamins -- Energy and Integration -- Energy: Carbon as a Fuel and a Tissue Constituent -- Integrating Nutrient Supply and Demand in Variable Environments.
This book applies the basic principles of nutrition to the study of fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals in their natural environments. The acquisition of food, its digestion and absorption, and the retention and utilization of energy substrates, water and other nutrients are treated in detail. This integrated approach connects behavioral, morphological, and biochemical traits of animals to their life histories and their responses to variable and changing environments. The authors also provide a practical framework for understanding the interactions between food resources and wildlife populations, and for managing the harvest of abundant species and the conservation of threatened populations. "Integrative Wildlife Nutrition" provides a general reference work for students and professionals in animal physiology and ecology, conservation biology, and wildlife management. Lecturers can use this text for wildlife and conservation biology programs and as a reference source for related courses in animal ecology.
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