Integrative Wildlife Nutrition [Paperback]

Perry S. Barboza (Author), Katherine L. Parker (Author), Ian D. Hume (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 30, 2009 | ISBN-10: 3642036953 | ISBN-13: 978-3642036958 | Edition: 1st ed. 2009. 2nd printing

This book applies the basic principles of nutrition to the study of fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals in their natural environments. The acquisition of food, its digestion and absorption, and the retention and utilization of energy substrates, water and other nutrients are treated in detail. This integrated approach connects behavioral, morphological, and biochemical traits of animals to their life histories and their responses to variable and changing environments. The authors also provide a practical framework for understanding the interactions between food resources and wildlife populations, and for managing the harvest of abundant species and the conservation of threatened populations. "Integrative Wildlife Nutrition" provides a general reference work for students and professionals in animal physiology and ecology, conservation biology, and wildlife management. Lecturers can use this text for wildlife and conservation biology programs and as a reference source for related courses in animal ecology.

Editorial Reviews

Review

From the reviews: “The combined insights and disciplinary specialties of Barboza (Univ. of Alaska), Parker … and Hume (Univ. of Sydney, Australia) successfully meld to provide this unique resource for the wildlife scientist. … The use of simple, standard-format tables for calculation examples throughout the text provides the reader a welcome tool as well as familiar continuity. … References throughout are comprehensive, the writing style is seamless, and figures, photos, and tables are appropriate in number. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections.” (E. S. Dierenfeld, Choice, Vol. 47 (3), November, 2009)

Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2009. 2nd printing edition (October 30, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3642036953
• ISBN-13: 978-3642036958
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #519,547 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #58 in Books > Professional & Technical > Professional Science > Biological Sciences > Zoology > Ichthyology

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