Physiological and ecological adaptations to feeding in vertebrates /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Starck, J. Matthias, 1958-, Wang, Tobias
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Enfield, (NH) : Science Publishers, [2005]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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