Comparative Physiology of Fasting, Starvation, and Food Limitation
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Comparative Physiology of Fasting, Starvation, and Food Limitation


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Marshall D. McCue: An introduction.- Jean-Hervé Lignot, Yvon LeMaho: A history of modern research into fasting, starvation, and inanition.- Kevin L. Kirk: Starvation in rotifers: physiology in an ecological context.- Allen G. Gibbs, Lauren A. Reynolds: Drosophila as a model for starvation.- Johannes Overgaard, Tobias Wang: Metabolic transitions during feast and famine in spiders.- Nadav Bar, Helene Volkoff: Adaption of the physiological, endocrine and the digestive system functions to prolonged food deprivation in fish.- Frédéric Hervant: Starvation in subterranean species versus surface-dwelling species: crustaceans, fish, and salamanders.- Marshall D. McCue, Harvey B. Lillywhite, Steven J. Beaupre: Physiological responses to starvation in snakes.- Rike Campen, Matthias Starck: Cardiovascular circuits and digestive function of intermittent-feeding sauropsids.- Esa Hohtola: Thermoregulatory adaptations to starvation in birds.- Susanne Jenni-Eiermann and Lukas Jenni: Fasting in birds: general patterns and the special case of endurance flight.- Ulf Bauchinger, Scott R. McWilliams: Tissue-specific mass changes during fasting: the protein turnover hypothesis.- Xueying Zhang et al: Seasonal changes in body mass and energy balance in wild small mammals.- Jehan-Hervé Lignot: Changes in form and function of the gastrointestinal tract during starvation: from pythons to rats.- Edwin R. Price, Teresa G. Valencak: Changes in fatty acid composition during starvation in vertebrates.- Miriam Ben-Hamo et al.: Physiological Responses to Fasting in Bats.- Hank Harlow: Muscle protein and strength retention by bears during winter fasting and starvation.- Duane E. Ullrey: Seasonal starvation in northern white-tailed deer.- Cory Champagne et al: Fasting physiology of the pinnipeds.- Kent A. Hatch: The use and application of stable isotope analysis to the study of starvation, fasting, and nutritional stress.- Kevin Grant: Study and treatment of human starvation in the United Kingdom and India.- Kevin D. Hall: Quantitative physiology of human starvation: adaptations of energy expenditure, macronutrient metabolism and body composition.- Krista A. Varady: Alternate day fasting: effects on body weight and chronic disease risk in humans and animals.- Marshall D. McCue: Horizons in starvation research.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9783642447303
  • Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 430
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 671 gr
  • ISBN-10: 3642447309
  • Publisher Date: 11 Jun 2014
  • Edition: 2012 ed.
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Width: 156 mm


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