Integrative Wildlife Nutrition /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Barboza, Perry S. (Autor), Parker, Katherine L. (Autor), Hume, Ian D. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Functional Relationships
  • Introduction: Common Themes Across Diverse Taxa
  • Food and Populations
  • Feeding Dynamics: Functional and Behavioral Responses
  • Measuring Food Consumption
  • Digestive Function
  • Substrates and Tissue Constituents
  • 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 and Integration
  • Energy: Carbon as a Fuel and a Tissue Constituent
  • Integrating Nutrient Supply and Demand in Variable Environments.