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"Overall this is an impressive volume. Its contributions are, more often than not, authoritative reviews of past, present and future research goals in some lively area of ecological morphology and physiological ecology." John G. Fleagle, Quarterly Review of Biology
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However well the anatomy of the gastrointestinal tracts of a wide range of mammals are described and quantified, there can be no real explanation of observed patterns without consideration of the mechanical and chemical properties of the food consumed, and digestive stages involved in its processing. This book aims to integrate findings from the many different types of investigations of mammalian digestive systems into a coherent whole. Using the themes of food, form and function, researchers discuss models of digestive processes, linking this with evolutionary aspects of food utilization. Macroscopic and ultrastructural studies of the gastrointestinal tract are also presented, as are physiological, ecological and biochemical aspects of the digestion of different food types. The book ends with an integrative chapter, bringing together the themes running through the earlier sections.
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"Overall this is an impressive volume. Its contributions are, more often than not, authoritative reviews of past, present and future research goals in some lively area of ecological morphology and physiological ecology." John G. Fleagle, Quarterly Review of Biology
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However well the anatomy of the gastrointestinal tracts of a wide range of mammals are described and quantified, there can be no real explanation of observed patterns without consideration of the mechanical and chemical properties of the food consumed, and digestive stages involved in its processing. This book aims to integrate findings from the many different types of investigations of mammalian digestive systems into a coherent whole. Using the themes of food, form and function, researchers discuss models of digestive processes, linking this with evolutionary aspects of food utilization. Macroscopic and ultrastructural studies of the gastrointestinal tract are also presented, as are physiological, ecological and biochemical aspects of the digestion of different food types. The book ends with an integrative chapter, bringing together the themes running through the earlier sections.
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The aim in this volume is to present a synthesis of a wide range of data pertinent to the digestive system in mammals, focussing on three areas, food, form and function. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
alloenzymatic digestion, digesta separation, groove differentiations, gustatory solution, nutritional niche expansion, earliest dry season, fundamental nutritional niche, marker excretion curves, unilocular stomach, autoenzymatic digestion, forestomach fermenters, acclimation diet, segmental loop, biotransformational enzymes, digestive physiologists, colonic separation mechanism, digestive traits, internal mechanical properties, macropodoid marsupials, mammalian herbivore stomach, retention time distributions, absorbed allelochemicals, digesta markers, digestive performance, common ringtail possum Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Academic Press, Cambridge University Press, American Naturalist, Physiological Zoology, Australian Journal of Zoology, New World, Plenum Press, Smithsonian Institution Press, Journal of Animal Science, Journal of Mammalogy, British Journal of Nutrition, Old World, American Journal of Physiology, Boca Raton, Journal of Comparative Physiology, Journal of Chemical Ecology, San Diego, Journal of Morphology, Swedish Journal of Agricultural Research, Early Oligocene, Late Oligocene, Met Lys Leu, South Africa, Transvaal Museum New!
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The aim in this volume is to present a synthesis of a wide range of data pertinent to the digestive system in mammals, focussing on three areas, food, form and function. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
alloenzymatic digestion, digesta separation, groove differentiations, gustatory solution, nutritional niche expansion, earliest dry season, fundamental nutritional niche, marker excretion curves, unilocular stomach, autoenzymatic digestion, forestomach fermenters, acclimation diet, segmental loop, biotransformational enzymes, digestive physiologists, colonic separation mechanism, digestive traits, internal mechanical properties, macropodoid marsupials, mammalian herbivore stomach, retention time distributions, absorbed allelochemicals, digesta markers, digestive performance, common ringtail possum Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Academic Press, Cambridge University Press, American Naturalist, Physiological Zoology, Australian Journal of Zoology, New World, Plenum Press, Smithsonian Institution Press, Journal of Animal Science, Journal of Mammalogy, British Journal of Nutrition, Old World, American Journal of Physiology, Boca Raton, Journal of Comparative Physiology, Journal of Chemical Ecology, San Diego, Journal of Morphology, Swedish Journal of Agricultural Research, Early Oligocene, Late Oligocene, Met Lys Leu, South Africa, Transvaal Museum New!
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- Ecology of Arboreal Folivores by G.Gene Montgomery on 10 pages
- Food Acquisition and Processing in Primates by David J. Chivers on 9 pages
- Nutritional Ecology of the Ruminant (Comstock Book) by Peter J. Van Soest on 6 pages
- Comparative Physiology of the Vertebrate Digestive System by C. Edward Stevens on 5 pages
- Digestive Physiology and Nutrition by Church on 4 pages
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