New edition of the acclaimed and stimulating textbook, with fully revised text, references and illustrations.

How do dolphins catch fish in murky water? Why do moths drink from puddles? How do birds' eggs breathe? How do animals work? In this revised and updated edition of the acclaimed text Animal Physiology, the answers are revealed. In clear and stimulating style, Knut Schmidt-Nielsen introduces and develops the fundamental principles of animal physiology according to major environmental features - oxygen, food and energy, temperature, and water. The structure of the book is unchanged from the previous edition, but every chapter has been updated to take into account recent developments, with numerous new references and figures. Animal Physiology is suitable as a text for undergraduate and beginning graduate courses in physiology. As with previous editions, students, teachers as well as researchers will find this book a valuable and enjoyable companion to course work and research.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

ISBN:

9780521570985

Publication date:

April 1997

Length:

244mm

Width:

198mm

Thickness:

38mm

Weight:

1456g

Edition:

5th Edition, Revised

Pages:

617

Illustrations:

Illustrated

Readership:

Tertiary education

Prescribed at:

ZOL2601

Subject / Course:

UNISA 2012

Illustrated:

Illustrated

'... a really excellent book.' Nature '... highly acclaimed undergraduate textbook.' Nature '... a delight to read ... a superb text.' American Scientist '... excellent and interesting reading ... It should be seriously considered as a principal textbook by teachers of comparative and environmental physiology.' The Quarterly Review of Biology '... an admirable text ... compulsive reading for the physiologist and ecologist alike.' The Biologist

• Preface
• Part I
• Oxygen
• Respiration
• Blood
• Circulation
• Part II
• Food and Energy
• Food and fuel
• Energy metabolism
• Part III
• Temperature
• Temperature effects
• Temperature regulation
• Part IV
• Water
• Water and osmotic regulation
• Excretion
• Part V
• Movement, Information, Integration
• Movement, muscle, biomechanics
• Control and integration
• Hormonal control
• Information and senses
• Appendices
• Index