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Marsupial Nutrition

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Marsupial Nutrition, first published in 1999, describes the food resources used by marsupials as diverse as small insectivores and large folivores. It discusses the ways in which their digestive systems and metabolism are designed to cope with foods as different as nectar and fungus, tree sap and tough perennial grasses, and insects and eucalypt foliage. Although the subject species are marsupials, the general principles of nutritional ecology and digestive strategies that are introduced at the beginning of the chapters are applicable to all mammals. Advanced undergraduates and graduate students at all levels in the area of vertebrate zoology, nutrition, ecology and digestive physiology will find Marsupial Nutrition particularly instructive, but wildlife biologists, veterinarians and nutritionists will also find much of interest.

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Preface; 1. Metabolic rates and nutrient requirements; 2. Carnivorous marsupials; 3. Omnivorous marsupials; 4. Hindgut fermenters - the wombats; 5. Hindgut fermenters - the arboreal folivores; 6. Foregut fermenters - kangaroos and wallabies; 7. Nutritional ecology of kangaroos and wallabies; 8. Foregut fermenters - the rat-kangaroos; 9. Evolution of marsupials and of digestive systems; 10. Future directions; Appendix; References.

Summary

Marsupial Nutrition, first published in 1999, describes the diverse food resources used by all groups of marsupials, as well as the digestive and metabolic strategies they employ. Readers from a wide range of areas such as nutrition, ecology, digestive physiology, veterinary science and zoology will be interested in this book.

Product details

Authors Aan D. Hume, Ian D. Hume, Hume Ian D.
Publisher Cambridge Academic
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 27.05.1999
 
EAN 9780521595551
ISBN 978-0-521-59555-1
Dimensions 170 mm x 244 mm x 23 mm
Weight 710 g
Illustrations 132 b/w illus., Zeichnungen, nicht spezifiziert, Raster, nicht spezifiziert
Subjects Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology

SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biochemistry, biochemistry, Animal Physiology, Zoology and animal sciences, Marsupials & monotremes, Zoology: marsupials and monotremes

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