{"product_id":"integrative-wildlife-nutrition-9783642036958","title":"Integrative Wildlife Nutrition","description":"\u003cp\u003eNutrition spans a wide range of mechanisms from acquisition of food to digestion  absorption and retention of energy substrates  water and other nutrients. Nutritional principles have been applied to improving individual health  athletic performance and longevity of humans and of their companion animals  and to maximizing agricultural efficiency by manipulating reproduction or growth of tissues such as muscle  hair or milk in livestock. Comparative nutrition borrows from these tra- tional approaches by applying similar techniques to studies of ecology and physiology of wildlife. Comparative approaches to nutrition integrate several levels of organization because the acquisition and flow of energy and nutrients connect individuals to populations  populations to communities  and communities to ecosystems. Integrative Wildlife Nutrition connects behavioral  morphological and biochemical traits of animals to the life history of species and thus the dynamics of populations. An integrated approach to nutrition provides a practical framework for understanding the interactions between food resources and wildlife popu- tions and for managing the harvest of abundant species and the conservation of threatened populations. This book is for students and professionals in animal physiology and ecology  conservation biology and wildlife management. It is based on our lectures  dem- strations and practical classes taught in the USA  Canada and Australia over the last three decades. Instructors can use Integrative Wildlife Nutrition as a text in wildlife and conservation biology programs  and as a reference source for related courses in wildlife ecology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651886440501,"sku":"ByrdShop_3642036953","price":149.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9783642036958.jpg?v=1781843906","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/integrative-wildlife-nutrition-9783642036958","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}