"The new and updated edition of this accessible text provides a comprehensive overview of the comparative physiology of animals within an environmental context. Includes two brand new chapters on Nerves and Muscles and the Endocrine System.Discusses both comparative systems physiology and environmental physiology.Analyses and integrates problems and adaptations for each kind of environment: marine, seashore and estuary, freshwater, terrestrial and parasitic.Examines mechanisms and responses beyond physiology.Applies an evolutionary perspective to the analysis of environmental adaptation.Provide."
"The new and updated edition of this accessible text provides a comprehensive overview of the comparative physiology of animals within an environmental context.; Includes two brand new chapters on Nerves and Muscles and the Endocrine System.; Discusses both comparative systems physiology and environmental physiology.; Analyses and integrates problems and adaptations for each kind of environment: marine, seashore and estuary, freshwater, terrestrial and parasitic.; Examines mechanisms and responses beyond physiology.; Applies an evolutionary perspective to the analysis of environmental adaptatio."@en
"In a fresh approach to the subject of animal physiology the authors integrate comparative and environmental aspects to examine and discuss how organisms, both vertebrate and invertebrate, cope with a range of environments."@en