Eckert Animal Physiology

Subtitle:
(5 Revised Edition)
Author:
David J. Randall; Warren Burggren
Format:
Hardcover

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Eckert Animal Physiology

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This fifth edition of Eckert Animal Physiology highlights breakthroughs in the field. It presents information about specific physiological systems at all levels of organization, from moleular interactions to interactions between an organism and its environment.

Long description

Building on their last revision of Roger Eckert's best-selling text, the author team of Randall, Burggren, and French are back and breathing new life into Animal Physiology. The Fifth Edition highlights the latest breakthroughs in the field and offers refreshing new themes, all the while staying true to the enduring strengths that have made the book a longtime market-leader. With this edition more student help has also been included.

Product details

Editor:
Warren W. Burggren; Kathleen French
Publisher:
W.H. Freeman & Company
Reviser:
Warren W. Burggren; Kathleen French
ISBN:
9780716738633
Publication date:
November 2001
Length:
284mm
Width:
235mm
Thickness:
31mm
Weight:
1991g
Edition:
5th Edition
Pages:
752
Illustrations:
colour and b&w illustrations
Readership:
Tertiary education

Table of contents

  • PART I: PRINCIPLES OF PHYSIOLOGY - Studying Animal Physiology - Experimental Methods for Exploring Physiology - Molecules, Energy, and Biosynthesis - Membranes, Channels, and Transport - PART II: PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES - The Functional Basis of Neuronal Function - Communication Along and Between Neurons - Sensing the Environment - Structural and Functional Organization of Nervous Systems - Glands and Endocrine Control: Mechanisms and Cost of Secretion - Muscles and Animal Movement - Behavior: Initiation, Patterns and Control - PART III: INTEGRATION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS - Circulation - Gas Exchange and Acid-Base Balance - Ionic and Osmotic Regulation - Acquiring Energy: Feeding, Digestion, and Metabolism - Energy Expenditure: Body Size, Locomotion and Reproduction - Energetic Costs of Meeting Environmental Challenge

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