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Octavo,312 pp.,graphs, softcover. Along with reproduction, balancing energy expenditure with the limits of resource acquisition is essential for both a species and a population to survive. Here McNab draws on his sixty years in the field to provide a comprehensive account of the energetics of birds and mammals, one fully integrated with their natural history. McNab begins with an overview of thermal rates and explains how the basal rate of metabolism drives energy use, especially in extreme environments. He then explores those variables that interact with the basal rate of metabolism, like body size and scale and environment, highlighting their influence on behavior, distribution, and even reproductive output. Successive chapters take up energy and population dynamics and evolution. A critical central theme that runs through the book is how the energetic needs of birds and mammals come up against rapid environmental change and how this is hastening the pace of extinction. Also available in hardcover [stock id 34394].…

Zustand: New. pp. 336.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 312 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In English.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 312 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. pp. xxvii + 576 387 Illus., Maps.

Zustand: New. Physiological ecology has grown in importance as an area of biology in the past thirty years and integrates the diverse approaches used in the comparative biology of organisms. Biologists segregate their approaches by technique and concept, but the.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 312 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. pp. 336.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 608 pages. 10.50x7.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Physiological ecology has grown in importance as an area of biology in the past thirty years and integrates the diverse approaches used in the comparative biology of organisms. Biologists segregate their approaches by technique and concept, but the boundaries among ecology, behavior, anatomy, and physiology are arbitrary and of no significance to organisms. Physiological ecology emphasizes the diversity of not only organisms, but also of solutions to (and evasions of) problems posed by the environment.In a comprehensive and authoritative synthesis of physiological ecology supported by more than 3,100 references, Brian K. McNab demonstrates the intellectual cohesion of the field. To ground his discussion in clearly understood contexts, McNab emphasizes the common thread of energy expenditure throughout the text and limits the discussion to vertebrates, which have familiar habitats and comparatively well-known evolutionary histories.A thorough scientific resource and reference tool, Physiological Ecology of Vertebrates is the first book to cover this complex subject. It will be the standard reference and basis for much future research in this fast-growing field of study.…