324 Pages
by
CRC Press
324 Pages
by
CRC Press
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Bioenergetics is an emerging discipline which offers a more profound understanding of the ecology, behaviour, and evolution of wild herbivores. Increasingly, bioenergetic principles have been applied in management since they provide insight into population dynamics and are relevant to manipulation of habitats and assessment of the impacts of resource development. Growing interest in the... Read more
1. Body Size, Energetics, and Adaptive Radiation 2. Forage and Range Evaluation 3. Foraging Behavior- Dynamics of Dining Out 4. Regulation of Forage Intake 5. Digestion 6. Maintenance Metabolism 7. Incremental Cost of Activity 8. Thermoregulation in Ungulates 9. Growth and Development 10. Pregnancy and Lactation 11. Assessment of Nutritional Status 12. Computer Simulation of Energy Budgets
Biography
Robert J. Hudson
