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The flexible phenotype : a body-centred integration of ecology, physiology, and behaviour
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The flexible phenotype : a body-centred integration of ecology, physiology, and behaviour / Theunis Piersma & Jan A. van Gils.
ISBN
9780199597246
0199597243
9780199233724
0199233721
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Physical Description
ix, 238 p. : ill., map ; 26 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 31, 2011
Series
Oxford biology
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-218) and indexes.
Contents
Introduction
Pt. I. Basics of organismal design
Maintaining the balance of heat, water, nutrients, and energy
Symmorphosis : principle and limitations of economic design
Pt. II. Adding environment
Metabolic ceilings : the ecology of physiological restraint
Phenotypic plasticity : matching phenotypes to environmental demands
Pt. III. Adding behaviour
Optimal behaviour : currencies and constraints
Optimal foraging : the dynamic choice between diets, feeding patches, and gut sizes
Pt. IV. Towards a fully integrated view
Beyond the physical balance : disease and predation
Population consequences : conservation and management of flexible phenotypes
Evolution in five dimensions : phenotypes first!
Subjects (Medical)
Metagenomics.
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