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Physiological and ecological adaptations to feeding in vertebrates
viii, 425 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
The diversity of vertebrate feeding systems -- Concepts of digestive efficiency -- Carbohydrate hydrolysis and absorption : lessons from modeling digestive function -- Digestive constraints in mammalian and avian ecology -- Paracellular intestinal absorption of carbohydrates in mammals and birds -- Mass balance models for animal isotopic ecology -- Structural flexibility of the digestive system of tetrapods - patterns and processes at the cellular and tissue level -- Adaptive interplay between feeding ecology and features of the digestive tract in birds -- Gastrointestinal responses to fasting in mammals - lessons from hibernators -- Interplay between diet, microbes, and immune defenses of the gastrointestinal tract -- Effects of digestion on the respiratory and cardiovascular physiology of amphibians and reptiles -- Specific dynamic action in ectothermic vertebrates : a general review on the determinants of post-prandial metabolic response in fishes, amphibians, and reptiles -- Control of gut motility and secretion in fasting and fed non-mammalian vertebrates -- Effects of dietary fatty acids on the physiology of environmental adaptation in fish -- Aspects of protein and amino acids digestion and utilization by marine fish larvae
editors, J. Matthias Starck, Tobias Wang.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Digestive System Physiological Phenomena