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Animal Physiology : Adaptation and Environment by Knut Schmidt-Nielsen is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Animal Physiology : Adaptation and Environment about?

This book is about animals and their problems. It is not only about how animals function, but about the problems of living and how animals solve them. It is also about aspects of physiology that I find particularly fascinating or interesting. The book is written for the student who wants to know what animals do and how they do it. The text deals with the familiar subjects of physiology: respiration, circulation, digestion, and soon. These subjects are treated in thirteen chapters, arranged according to major environmental features: oxygen, food and energy, temperature, and water. I consider this arrangement important, for there is no way to be a good physiologist, or a good biologist for that matter, without understanding how living organisms function in their environment. The book is elementary and the needed background is minimal. The first edition of Animal Physiology has been widely used and praised as an introductory textbook. Here are some of the significant changes in this second edition: —The entire text has been revised and much of it rewritten. —New material has been added, expanding the book by 10 percent. — Fifteen new photographs illustrate important concepts and princ

Who reads Animal Physiology : Adaptation and Environment?

Author

Knut Schmidt-Nielsen

Publisher

Cambridge (Eng.); New York: Cambridge University Press

Published

1979

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521205511

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Medical, Nature

Rating

4.26 / 5 (43 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14