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1. Animal Physiology by Richard W. Hill, Gordon A.
Wyse, Margaret Anderson, Hardcover: 770 pages,
Publisher: Sinauer Associates
Animal Physiology presents all the branches of modern
animal physiology with a strong emphasis on integration
among physiological disciplines, ecology, and
evolutionary biology. The book takes an entirely fresh
approach to each topic. Its full-color illustrations
include many novel, visually effective features to help
students learn. Each of the 28 chapters starts with a
brief animal example to engage student interest and
demonstrate the value of the material that will be
learned. The book includes five entire chapters that
apply students' newfound physiological knowledge to
curiosity-provoking and important topics, including
diving by marine mammals, the mechanisms of navigation,
and use/disuse effects in muscle. The book is committed
to a comparative approach throughout. The opening three
chapters provide background material on physiological
basics, cell-molecular concepts, transport of solutes
and water, ecology, and evolutionary biology. The
remaining chapters are organized into five sections:
Food, Energy, and Temperature; Integrating Systems;
Muscle and Movement; Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and
Internal Transport; Water, Salts, and Excretion.
2. Animal Physiology : Adaptation and Environment by
Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, Hardcover: 607 pages, Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
In this revised, updated, two-color edition of the
acclaimed text Animal Physiology, Knut Schmidt-Nielsen
introduces and develops the fundamental principles of
animal physiology according to major environmental
features--oxygen, food and energy, temperature, and
water. The book is structured the same as the previous
edition, but every chapter has been updated to take into
account recent developments, with numerous new
references and figures. New and expanded features
include: extensive modifications to the chapter on
Movement, Muscle and Biomechanics; new material on
respiratory pigments; feeding and digestion in shrimp
and hoatzin; plant defense compounds; diving in seals;
high temperature tolerance; the patch clamp method for
ion channel research; the pineal gland and melatonin.
Two-color throughout for clear description and
illustration of fundamental principles.
3. Invertebrate Zoology : A Functional Evolutionary
Approach by Edward E. Ruppert, Richard S. Fox, Robert D.
Barnes, Hardcover: 1008 pages, Publisher: Brooks Cole
Ruppert/Barnes’ best-selling introduction to the biology
of invertebrates is highly regarded for its accuracy and
strong research base. This thorough revision provides a
survey by animal group, emphasizing evolutionary
origins, adaptive morphology and physiology, while
covering anatomical ground plans and basic developmental
patterns. New co-author Richard Fox brings to the
revision his expertise as an ecologist, offering a good
balance to Ruppert's background as a functional
morphologist. Lavish illustrations and extensive
citations make the book extremely valuable as a teaching
tool and reference source..
4. Invertebrates by Richard C. Brusca, Gary J. Brusca,
Nancy Haver, Hardcover: 936 pages, Publisher: Sinauer
Associates
This edition presents a modern survey of the 34 animal
phyla (plus the Protista) and serves as both a college
course text and a reference on invertebrate biology.
Thorough and up-to-date, it is organized around the
themes of bauplans (body plans) and evolution (phylogenetics).
Each phylum is organized in a standardized fashion,
treating the systematics, bauplan (support and movement,
feeding and digestion, circulation and gas exchange,
excretion and osmoregulation, nervous system,
reproduction and development), and phylogeny. Detailed
classifications, phylogenetic trees, and references for
all phyla are provided. Tables summarize each phylum's
defining attributes. The text is accompanied by an
abundance of detailed line drawings and new to this
edition, color photographs.
5. Mammalogy by Terry A. Vaughan, James M. Ryan,
Hardcover: 672 pages, Brooks Cole
The biology of mammals is viewed from a broad range of
perspectives, making it useful to instructors with
contrasting approaches to the subject. Based on the
extensive studies of researchers, mammalogy holds the
interest of students, while maintaining the respect of
the members of the scholarly community of mammalogists.
The topics covered were chosen as the most important,
interesting, and essential to the understanding of
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