{"product_id":"comparative-physiology-primitive-mammals-paperback-9780521106306","title":"Comparative Physiology: Primitive Mammals (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521106306","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eComparative Physiology: Primitive Mammals\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book attempts to dispel the widely held notion that 'primitive' animals are less advanced or less complex than the 'non-primitive'.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKnut Schmidt-Nielsen (Edited by), Liana Bolis (Edited by), Charles Richard Taylor (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521106306, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 4 June 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e356 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.53 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eComparative Physiology: Primitive Mammals attempts to dispel the widely held notion that 'primitive' animals are less advanced or less complex than the 'non-primitive'. The term 'primitive', or more accurately 'conservative', refers to the fact that these animals have retained many of the characteristics of their evolutionary ancestors. Because they have been able to adapt to a variety of environmental conditions, these so-called primitive animals should be considered highly successful evolutionary solutions. The papers contained in this volume are the result of the Fourth International Conference on Comparative Physiology held at Crans-sur-Sierre in 1978. The conference, which was sponsored by the Interunion Commission on Comparative Physiology representing the International Unions of Biological Sciences, Physiological Sciences, and Pure and Applied Biophysics, brought together scientists from various fields to discuss the widely scattered information on primitive mammals from the perspective of comparative physiology.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Biology of the earliest mammals A. W. Crompton\u003cbr\u003e 2. Biological strategies of living conservative mammals John F. Eisenberg\u003cbr\u003e 3. Milk and mammalian evolution Olav T. Oftedal\u003cbr\u003e 4. The reptilian digestive system: general characteristics Charles L. Guard\u003cbr\u003e 5. The gastrointestinal tract of mammals: major variations C. E. Stevens\u003cbr\u003e 6. Digestive tract and digestive function in monotremes and nonmacropod marsupials C. J. F. Harrop and I. D. Hume\u003cbr\u003e 7. Form and function of the macropod marsupial digestive tract I. D. Hume and D. W. Dellow\u003cbr\u003e 8. The digestive tract: inmsectivore, prosimian, and advanced primate Edgar T. Clemens\u003cbr\u003e 9. Evolution of mammalian homeothermy: a two-step process? C. Richard Taylor\u003cbr\u003e 10. Have some mammals remained primitive thermoregulators? Or is all thermoregulation based on equally primitive brain functions? John Bligh\u003cbr\u003e 11. What is a primitive thermoregulatory system H. Craig Heller\u003cbr\u003e 12. The evolution of energy metabolism in mammals A. J. Hulbert\u003cbr\u003e 13. Metabolic capabilities of monotremes and the evolution of homeothermy Terence J. Dawson and T. R. Grant\u003cbr\u003e 14. Energy metabolism in hedgehogs: primitive strategies? Amiram Shkolnik\u003cbr\u003e 15. Relations of metabolic rate and body temperature Piotr Poczopko\u003cbr\u003e 16. The smallest insectivores: coping with scarcities of energy and water Stan Lee Lindstedt\u003cbr\u003e 17. Metabolic levels and biological strategies in shrews Peter Vogel\u003cbr\u003e 18. The respiratory system of the smallest mammal Eward R. Weibel, Helgard Claassen, Peter Gehr, Senada Sehovic and Peter H. Burri\u003cbr\u003e 19. Energetics of locomotion: primitive and advanced mammals C. Richard Taylor\u003cbr\u003e 20. Physiological responses to locomotion in marsupials R. V. Baudinette\u003cbr\u003e 21. Mechanics of locomotion in primitive and advanced mammals Norman C. Heglund\u003cbr\u003e 22. Elasticity in the locomotion of mammals R. McN. Alexander\u003cbr\u003e 23. Elastic storage: role of tendons and muscles Giovanni A. Cavagna, G. Citterio and P. Jacini\u003cbr\u003e 24. Properties and distributions of the fiber types in the locomotory muscles of mammals Robert B. Armstrong\u003cbr\u003e 25. Endocrines: problems of phylogeny and evolution P. J. Bentley\u003cbr\u003e 26. Pituitary-ovarian interactions in marsupials C. H. Tyndale-Biscoe and Susan M. Evans\u003cbr\u003e 27. Placental function and embryonic development in marsupials Marilyn B. Renfree\u003cbr\u003e 28. Adrenocorticosteroids in prototherian, metatherian and eutherian mammals Magda Weiss\u003cbr\u003e 29. The renin-angiotensin system in marsupials J. R. Blair-West and Angela Gibson\u003cbr\u003e 30. Physiology of the adrenal\u003cbr\u003e cortex in monotremes C. Sernia\u003cbr\u003e 31. Physiology of the adrenal cortext in marsupials I. R. McDonald\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Physiology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Physiology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Physiology%20%5BMFG%5D%22\"\u003eMFG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006418637080,"sku":"9780521106306","price":38.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521106306i.jpg?v=1694976094","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/comparative-physiology-primitive-mammals-paperback-9780521106306","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}