Bioenergetics of Wild Herbivores

List of contents

1. Body Size, Energetics, and Adaptive Radiation 2. Forage and Range Evaluation 3. Foraging Behavior- Dynamics of Dining Out 4. Regulation of Forage Intake 5. Digestion 6. Maintenance Metabolism 7. Incremental Cost of Activity 8. Thermoregulation in Ungulates 9. Growth and Development 10. Pregnancy and Lactation 11. Assessment of Nutritional Status 12. Computer Simulation of Energy Budgets

About the author

Robert J. Hudson

Summary

Bioenergetics is an emerging discipline which offers a more profound understanding of the ecology, behaviour, and evolution of wild herbivores.

Product details

• Authors: Hudson, Robert J. Hudson, Hudson Robert J.
• Assisted by: Robert J. Hudson (Editor), Robert G. White (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781315891118
• ISBN: 978-1-315-89111-8
• No. of pages: 324
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Zoology & animal sciences, Zoology and animal sciences