Mammalian Energetics : : Interdisciplinary Views of Metabolism and Reproduction / / ed. by Thomas E. Tomasi, Teresa H. Horton.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Blank, James L.,; Fish, Frank E.,; French, Alan R.,; Gleit, Alan S.,; Hill, Richard W.,; Hinds, David S.,; Horton, Teresa H.,; MacMillen, Richard E.,; McNab, Brian K.,; Rowsemitt, Carol N.,; Thompson, Steven D.,; Tomasi, Thomas E.,; Wunder, Bruce A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Horton, Teresa H.,; Tomasi, Thomas E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 41 b&w illustrations

Although all mammals use energy for maintenance, growth, reproduction, and thermoregulation, the myriad of factors that regulate, limit, and cue these energy expenses make the study of energetics varied and challenging. In this book thirteen leading scientists from different research specializations...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• 1. Energy Expenditure: A Short History
• 2. Standard, Cold-induced, Metabolism of Rodents and Exercise-induced
• 3. Aquatic Locomotion
• 4. The Allometry of Thyroxine Utilization Rates
• 5. Morphophysiological Indicators of the Energy State of Small Mammals
• 6. Mammalian Dormancy
• 7. The Altricial/Precocial Contrast in the Thermal Relations and Energetics of Small Mammals
• 8. Natural Selection and Variation in Reproductive Physiology
• 9. Phenotypic Variation in Physiological Response to Seasonal Environments
• 10. Gestation and Lactation in Small Mammals: Basal Metabolic Rate and the Limits of Energy Use
• Summary and Conclusion
• Index