{"product_id":"efficiency-and-economy-in-animal-physiology-hardback-9780521400664","title":"Efficiency and Economy in Animal Physiology (Hardback) 9780521400664","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEfficiency and Economy in Animal Physiology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book discusses the concepts of efficiency and economy and other similar terms as applied to animals from an evolutionary perspective.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert W. Blake (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521400664, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 February 1992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages, 45 b\/w illus.  9 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 15.7 x 1.5 cm, 0.446 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\"\u003eThere is often confusion over the meaning and usage of terms such as efficiency, economy, effectiveness, optimization and perfection in biology. This book defines and discusses these concepts within a broad evolutionary perspective and considers how evolutionary pressures can affect the economy and efficiency of animals. Chapters consider biomaterials, skeletal systems, muscular function, aquatic and terrestrial locomotion, and cardiovascular systems. The result is a book of interest to all biologists, particularly those working in the field of comparative physiology and evolutionary biology.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Efficiency, effectiveness, perfection, optimization: their use in understanding vertebrate evolution C. Gans\u003cbr\u003e 2. On the efficiency of energy transformations in cells and animals R. W. Blake\u003cbr\u003e 3. Adapting skeletal muscle to be efficient C. J. Pennycuick\u003cbr\u003e 4. Efficiency and other criteria for evaluating the quality of structural biomaterials J. M. Gosline\u003cbr\u003e 5. Efficiency and optimization in the design of skeletal support systems A. A. A . Biewener and J. E. A. Bertram\u003cbr\u003e 6. Efficiency in aquatic locomotion: limitations from single cells to animals T. Daniel\u003cbr\u003e 7. The concepts of efficiency and economy in land locomotion R. J. Full\u003cbr\u003e 8. Respiration in air-breathing vertebrates: optimisation and efficiency in design and function W. K. Milsom\u003cbr\u003e 9. Cardiac energetics and the design of vertebrate arterial systems D. R. Jones\u003cbr\u003e 10. An evolutionary perspective on the concept of efficiency\u003cbr\u003e how does function evolve? G. V. Lauder.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Animal physiology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Animal physiology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Animal%20physiology%20%5BPSVD%5D%22\"\u003ePSVD\u003c\/a\u003e], Evolution [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Evolution\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Evolution%20%5BPSAJ%5D%22\"\u003ePSAJ\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":46007231775000,"sku":"9780521400664","price":91.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521400664i_39f3b8da-858b-4e5b-bc8b-d29ed327c5da.jpg?v=1691381128","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/efficiency-and-economy-in-animal-physiology-hardback-9780521400664","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}