Integrative Wildlife Nutrition

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 i...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Barboza, Perry S. (Editor), Parker, Katherine L. (Editor), Hume, Ian D. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
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505 0 # |a Introduction: common themes across diverse taxa -- Food and populations -- Feeding dynamics: functional and behavioral responses -- Measuring food consumption -- Digestive function -- 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: carbon as a fuel and a tissue constituent -- Integrating nutrient supply and demand in variable environments -- References -- List of common and scientific names of animals and plants -- Index. 
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