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1 online resource (xiii, 430 pages) : illustrations |
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An Introduction to Fasting, Starvation, and Food Limitation / Marshall D. McCue -- A History of Modern Research into Fasting, Starvation, and Inanition / Jean-Hervé Lignot and Yvon LeMaho -- Starvation in Rotifers: Physiology in an Ecological Context / Kevin L. Kirk -- Drosophila as a Model for Starvation: Evolution, Physiology, and Genetics / Allen G. Gibbs and Lauren A. Reynolds -- Metabolic Transitions During Feast and Famine in Spiders / Johannes Overgaard and Tobias Wang -- Adaptation of the Physiological, Endocrine, and Digestive System Functions to Prolonged Food Deprivation in Fish / Nadav Bar and Helene Volkoff -- Starvation in Subterranean Species Versus Surface-Dwelling Species: Crustaceans, Fish, and Salamanders / Frédéric Hervant -- Physiological Responses to Starvation in Snakes: Low Energy Specialists / Marshall D. McCue, Harvey B. Lillywhite and Steven J. Beaupre -- Cardiovascular Circuits and Digestive Function of Intermittent-Feeding Sauropsids / Rike Campen and Matthias Starck -- Thermoregulatory Adaptations to Starvation in Birds / Esa Hohtola -- Fasting in Birds: General Patterns and the Special Case of Endurance Flight / Susanne Jenni-Eiermann and Lukas Jenni -- Tissue-Specific Mass Changes During Fasting: The Protein Turnover Hypothesis / Ulf Bauchinger and Scott R. McWilliams -- Seasonal Changes in Body Mass and Energy Balance in Wild Small Mammals / Xueying Zhang, Xinyu Liu and Dehua Wang |
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Changes in Form and Function of the Gastrointestinal Tract During Starvation: From Pythons to Rats / Jehan-Hervé Lignot -- Changes in Fatty Acid Composition During Starvation in Vertebrates: Mechanisms and Questions / Edwin R. Price and Teresa G. Valencak -- Physiological Responses to Fasting in Bats / Miriam Ben-Hamo, Agustí Muñoz-Garcia and Berry Pinshow -- Muscle Protein and Strength Retention by Bears During Winter Fasting and Starvation / Hank Harlow -- Seasonal Starvation in Northern White-Tailed Deer / Duane E. Ullrey -- Fasting Physiology of the Pinnipeds: The Challenges of Fasting While Maintaining High Energy Expenditure and Nutrient Delivery for Lactation / Cory D Champagne, Daniel E Crocker, Melinda A Fowler and Dorian S Houser -- The Use and Application of Stable Isotope Analysis to the Study of Starvation, Fasting, and Nutritional Stress in Animals / Kent A. Hatch -- Fearing the Danger Point: The Study and Treatment of Human Starvation in the United Kingdom and India, c. 1880-1974 / Kevin Grant -- Quantitative Physiology of Human Starvation: Adaptations of Energy Expenditure, Macronutrient Metabolism and Body Composition / Kevin D. Hall -- Alternate Day Fasting: Effects on Body Weight and Chronic Disease Risk in Humans and Animals / Krista A. Varady -- Horizons in Starvation Research / Marshall D. McCue |
| Summary |
All animals face the possibility of food limitation and ultimately starvation-induced mortality. This book summarizes state of the art of starvation biology from the ecological causes of food limitation to the physiological and evolutionary consequences of prolonged fasting. It is written for an audience with an understanding of general principles in animal physiology, yet offers a level of analysis and interpretation that will engage seasoned scientists. Each chapter is written by active researchers in the field of comparative physiology and draws on the primary literature of starvation both in nature and the laboratory. The chapters are organized among broad taxonomic categories, such as protists, arthropods, fishes, reptiles, birds, and flying, aquatic, and terrestrial mammals including humans; particularly well-studied animal models, e.g. endotherms are further organized by experimental approaches, such as analyses of blood metabolites, stable isotopes, thermobiology, and modeling of body composition |
| Analysis |
Life sciences |
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Nutrition |
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Animal Physiology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Starvation.
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Fasting.
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Nutrition disorders -- Animal models
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Starvation -- physiopathology
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Fasting -- physiology
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Nutritional Physiological Phenomena -- physiology
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Starvation
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Fasting
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starvation.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Anatomy & Physiology.
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Fasting
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Nutrition disorders -- Animal models
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Starvation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McCue, Marshall Douglas, 1974-
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| ISBN |
9783642290565 |
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3642290566 |
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3642290558 |
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9783642290558 |
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3642447309 |
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9783642447303 |
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