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Animal Physiology (Paperback, 4th Revised edition)
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Animal Physiology (Paperback, 4th Revised edition)
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Published by Sinauer Associates, an imprint of Oxford University
Press. Animal Physiology, Fourth Edition, presents all the branches
of modern animal physiology with a strong emphasis on integration
of physiological knowledge, ecology, and evolutionary biology.
Integration extends from genes to organ systems and from one
physiological discipline to another. The book takes an entirely
fresh approach to each topic. Its full-color illustrations include
many novel, visually-effective features to help students learn.
Each of the twenty-five main chapters starts with an animal example
to engage student interest and demonstrate the value of the
material that will be learned. The book includes five additional,
briefer "At Work" chapters that apply students' newfound
physiological knowledge to curiosity-provoking and important
topics, including diving by marine mammals, the mechanisms of
navigation, and muscle plasticity in use and disuse. The book is
committed to a comparative approach throughout. Whereas mammalian
physiology is consistently treated in depth, emphasis is also given
to the other vertebrate groups, arthropods, and molluscs. Concepts
and integrative themes are emphasized while giving students the
specifics they need. The whole animal is the principal focus of
this book. The book's extensive coverage of genomics and
cellular-molecular biology is therefore carefully linked to
whole-animal biology. With this edition, coverage of
physiologically relevant genomics has been greatly expanded. The
subject matter of animal physiology is also linked to topics in
human affairs, such as athletic training and global warming.
Always, the central organizing principle for the array of topics
presented is to understand whole animals in the environments where
they live. Complex principles are developed clearly using
classroom-tested pedagogy, often with carefully designed conceptual
illustrations. Concepts from chemistry, physics, and mathematics
are explained so that the book will be accessible to science
students at the sophomore or higher level. Pedagogical aids include
embedded summaries throughout chapters, study questions (with
online answers), partially annotated reference lists, an extensive
glossary, ten appendices (covering logarithms, phylogenetically
independent contrasts, basic physics terms, etc.), and an upgraded
index. Carefully worded balloons are used extensively to guide
students through the interpretation of figures. For all three
authors, teaching physiology to undergraduate students has been a
lifelong priority.
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