Integrative Wildlife Nutrition /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2009.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2009. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.