Animal physiology : an environmental perspective /
Prof Patrick Butler, Prof Anne Brown, Prof George Stephenson.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021
- xii, 1089 p. colour illustrations ; 28 cm
Part one -- Animals and their environment -- 1: The diversity of animals and their interactions with natural environments -- 2: Energy metabolism -- generating energy from food -- 3: Cells, organisms and interactions with their environment -- Part two -- Water and salts -- 4: Body fluid regulation: principles and processes -- 5: Osmotic and ionic regulation in aquatic animals -- 6: Water balance of land animals -- 7: Kidneys and excretion -- Part three -- Temperature -- 8: Temperature and the principles of heat exchange -- 9: Temperature regulation in ectotherms -- 10: Temperature regulation in endotherms -- Part four -- Oxygen -- 11: The respiratory gases, gas exchange and transport: key characteristics and principles -- 12: Respiratory systems -- 13: Transport in respiratory systems, and acid-base balance -- 14: Cardiovascular systems -- 15: Environmental and behavioural influences on the cardiorespiratory system -- Part five -- Coordination and integration -- 16: Neurons, nerves and nervous systems -- 17: How animals sense their environments -- 18: Muscles and animal movement -- 19: Hormones -- 20: Reproduction -- 21: Control of sodium, water, and calcium balance -- 22: Integration of the respiratory and circulatory systems.