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Animal Physiology, Second Edition

Richard W. Hill, Gordon A. Wyse, and Margaret Anderson

April 4, 2008
762 pages, 624 illustrations
casebound

About the Book

What's New in This Edition

• A new chapter on genomics, proteomics, and related disciplines (Chapter 3)
• An entirely rewritten chapter on reproduction (Chapter 16)
• Extensive rewriting, reorganization, or expansion of chapters on muscle plasticity in use and disuse (Chapter 20), the nervous system and sense organs (Chapters 12–14), and nutrition, feeding, and digestion (Chapter 5)
• Over 80 new figures or tables
• All chapters updated based on the latest literature
• All figures and text revised as needed for pedagogical effectiveness
• New endpaper embellishments: a two-page summary of major themes in physiology with model examples and a two-page phylogeny of the animal kingdom, emphasizing physiological features
• Updated, in-depth lists of references to the scientific literature

Animal Physiology presents all the branches of modern animal physiology with a strong emphasis on integration of physiological knowledge, ecology, and evolutionary biology. Integration extends from molecules to organ systems and from one physiological discipline to another. The book takes an entirely fresh approach to each topic. Its full-color illustrations include many novel, visually effective features to help students learn. Each of the 24 main chapters starts with a brief animal example to engage student interest and demonstrate the value of the material that will be learned. The book includes five additional, briefer “At Work” chapters that apply students’ newfound physiological knowledge to curiosity-provoking and important topics, including diving by marine mammals, the mechanisms of navigation, and muscle plasticity in use and disuse.

The book is committed to a comparative approach throughout. Whereas mammalian physiology is consistently treated in depth, emphasis is also given to the other vertebrate groups, arthropods, molluscs, and—as appropriate—additional invertebrates. Concepts and integrative themes are emphasized while giving students the specifics they need.

The whole animal is the principal focus of this book. The pages are filled with information on everything from knockout mice and enzyme chemistry to traditional organ physiology, phylogenetic analysis, and applications to human affairs. Always, the central organizing principle for the array of topics presented is to understand whole animals in the environments where they live. Concepts from chemistry, physics, and mathematics are explained so the book will be accessible to science students at the sophomore or higher level. Complex principles are developed clearly and carefully, to help students understand important concepts in sufficient depth without being overwhelmed. Pedagogical aids include embedded summaries throughout chapters, study questions, partially annotated reference lists, an extensive glossary, appendices, and an upgraded index. For all three authors, teaching physiology to undergraduate students has been a lifelong priority.

The opening four chapters provide background material on physiological basics, cell–molecular concepts, genomics, transport of solutes and water, ecology, and evolutionary biology. The remaining chapters are organized into five sections:

• Food, Energy, and Temperature
• Integrating Systems
• Movement and Muscle
• Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Internal Transport
• Water, Salts, and Excretion

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About the Authors

Richard W. Hill is Professor in the Department of Zoology at Michigan State University and a frequent Guest Investigator at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He received his Ph.D. in Zoology from The University of Michigan. Apart from Sinauer Associates' editions of Animal Physiology, Dr. Hill has authored two other books on the subject (the second with Gordon Wyse), as well as numerous articles for scientific journals, encyclopedias, and edited volumes. Among the awards he has received are the Outstanding Faculty Award (Michigan State University Senior Class Council) and election as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was a U.S. Senior Fulbright Scholar in 2000–2001. His research interests include: temperature regulation and energetics in birds and mammals, especially neonates; and marine sulfur physiology, especially in the contexts of biogeochemistry and animal–algal symbioses.

Gordon A. Wyse is Professor of Biology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He completed his Ph.D. at The University of Michigan, then did postdoctoral and sabbatical work at Stanford University and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Wyse helped found the graduate program in Neuroscience and Behavior at UMass Amherst and has served on the Editorial Board of Advances in Physiology Education. His research uses caterpillars and Limulus as model organisms to explore the neural circuits and neurotransmitters underlying feeding behavior and other behavior patterns.

Margaret Anderson is Professor of Biological Sciences and Director of the Program in Neuroscience at Smith College. After completing her Ph.D. at Stanford University, she undertook postdoctoral studies at the Universidad Católica de Chile, Harvard University, and the University of Puerto Rico. Dr. Anderson is one of six founding members of the Consortium of Medical Schools and Women's Colleges, and she participates in several venues that encourage women and minorities in the sciences. Her research interests include the functional properties of excitable cells.

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NEW! Value Option

Looseleaf Textbook (ISBN 978-0-87893-398-3)
The Second Edition is now available in a three-hole punched looseleaf format. Students can take just the sections they need to class and can easily integrate instructor material with the text.

For more information on the looseleaf textbook, please contact:

Nancy Asai
asai@sinauer.com

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Media and Supplements

If you have adopted this text for course use (within the U.S., Canada, or the Caribbean), and are interested in the instructor’s supplement that accompanies the text, please contact Nancy Asai, asai@sinauer.com.

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INSTRUCTOR’S RESOURCE LIBRARY
Sample Figures Available Here (Chapter 16, PowerPoint, ~12 MB)

The Animal Physiology, Second Edition Instructor’s Resource Library offers:

• All figures (including photographs) and tables in JPEG (high- and low-resolution) and PowerPoint^® formats
• Figures provided in both labeled and unlabeled versions
• Available both on disc and online

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Reviews and Commentary

“The authors have done a great job of outlining the major issues important for understanding metabolism in a variety of animals (invertebrate and vertebrate) and environmental stresses. They make excellent use of figures and balloon captions that capture the reader's attention. There are also several nice examples from the current and classic literature that will appeal to many students.”
—Grant McClelland, McMaster University (on Chapter 7)

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Table of Contents

I. Fundamentals of Physiology

1. Animals and Environments: Function on the Ecological Stage
2. Molecules and Cells in Animal Physiology
3. Genomics, Proteomics, and Related Approaches to Physiology NEW!
4. Transport of Solutes and Water

II. Food, Energy, and Temperature

1. Nutrition, Feeding, and Digestion
2. Energy Metabolism
3. Aerobic and Anaerobic Forms of Metabolism
4. The Energetics of Aerobic Activity
5. Thermal Relations
6. Food, Energy, and Temperature at Work: The Lives of Mammals in Frigid Places

III. Integrating Systems

1. Neurons
2. Synapses
3. Sensory Processes
4. Nervous System Organization and Biological Clocks
5. Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Physiology
6. Reproduction (PDF, 2 MB)
7. Integrating Systems at Work: Animal Navigation

Click on Chapter 16 to preview that chapter. Requires Adobe Reader 5.0 or greater.

IV. Movement and Muscle

1. Control of Movement: The Motor Bases of Animal Behavior
2. Muscle
3. Movement and Muscle at Work: Plasticity in Response to Use and Disuse

V. Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Internal Transport

1. Introduction to Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Physiology
2. External Respiration: The Physiology of Breathing
3. Transport of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide in Body Fluids – With an Introduction to Acid–Base Physiology
4. Circulation
5. Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Internal Transport at Work: Diving by Marine Mammals

VI. Water, Salts, and Excretion

1. Water and Salt Physiology: Introduction and Mechanisms
2. Water and Salt Physiology of Animals in Their Environments
3. Kidneys and Excretion – With Notes on Nitrogen Excretion
4. Water, Salts, and Excretion at Work: Mammals of Deserts and Dry Savannas

Appendices
Additional References
Glossary
Photo Credits
Figure and Table Citations
Index

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