Ian D. Hume, Aan D. Hume

Marsupial Nutrition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive description of the food resources, digestive systems and metabolisms of marsupials, first published in 1999.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 771g
• ISBN-13: 9780521595551
• ISBN-10: 052159555X
• Artikelnr.: 21486180

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Metabolic rates and nutrient requirements
2. Carnivorous marsupials
3. Omnivorous marsupials
4. Hindgut fermenters - the wombats
5. Hindgut fermenters - the arboreal folivores
6. Foregut fermenters - kangaroos and wallabies
7. Nutritional ecology of kangaroos and wallabies
8. Foregut fermenters - the rat-kangaroos
9. Evolution of marsupials and of digestive systems
10. Future directions
Appendix
References.