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Animal Energetics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982)
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Animal Energetics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982)
Series: Tertiary Level Biology
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All animals, from protozoans to primates, utilize energy in every
aspect of their lives. Metabolic processes transform energy within
the living cells. Individual animals obtain energy with their food
and use it in a variety of ways. Populations and communities pass
energy through their ecosystem. The growing interest in animal
energetics is therefore seen in three major areas of
zoology-biochemistry, physiology and ecology. We have tried to
describe the main features of almost all these aspects, with the
aim of arousing or feeding an interest in energetics in general as
well as supplying some information on particular parts of the
subject. The substantial list of references is intended to guide
the reader to larger or more specialized works. In covering such a
wide field in so small a compass we will have been guilty of
over-generalizations, but we find when teaching energetics, whether
physiological or ecological, that students easily lose sight of the
principles if all statements are hedged about with every relevant
condition and exception. We have drawn examples from a wide range
of animals, avoiding over-emphasis on mammals, but we have tended
to favour those groups with which we are more familiar. We are
grateful to many people for helpful discussions and in particular
to Kenneth Denbigh, Derek Miller and John Stirling for valuable
criticisms of parts of the manuscript. We are responsible for all
remaining errors, of course, and will welcome having them drawn to
our notice. A.E.B. M.J.L.
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