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050	0	0	_aQP33 _b.E44 1991
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245	0	0	_aEfficiency and economy in animal physiology / _cedited by Robert W. Blake.
246	3		_aEfficiency & Economy in Animal Physiology
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1991.
300			_a1 online resource (xii, 187 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0	0	_tEfficiency, effectiveness, perfection, optimization: their use in understanding vertebrate evolution / _rC. Gans -- _tOn the efficiency of energy transformations in cells and animals / _rR.W. Blake -- _tAdapting skeletal muscle to be efficient / _rC.J. Pennycuick -- _tEfficiency and other criteria for evaluating the quality of structural biomaterials / _rJ.M. Gosline -- _tEfficiency and optimization in the design of skeletal support systems / _rA.A. Biewener, _rJ.E.A. Bertram -- _tEfficiency in aquatic locomotion: limitations from single cells to animals / _rT.L. Daniel -- _tThe concepts of efficiency and economy in land locomotion / _rR.J. Full -- _tRespiration in air breathing vertebrates: optimization and efficiency in design and function / _rW.K. Milsom -- _tCardiac energetics and the design of vertebrate arterial systems / _rD.R. Jones -- _tAn evolutionary perspective on the concept of efficiency: how does function evolve? / _rG.V. Lauder.
520			_aThere is often confusion over the meaning and usage of terms such as efficiency, economy, effectiveness, optimization and perfection in biology. This book defines and discusses these concepts within a broad evolutionary perspective and considers how evolutionary pressures can affect the economy and efficiency of animals. Chapters consider biomaterials, skeletal systems, muscular function, aquatic and terrestrial locomotion, and cardiovascular systems. The result is a book of interest to all biologists, particularly those working in the field of comparative physiology and evolutionary biology.
650		0	_aPhysiology, Comparative _vCongresses.
650		0	_aEvolution (Biology) _vCongresses.
650		0	_aAdaptation (Biology) _vCongresses.
700	1		_aBlake, R. W. _q(Robert William), _d1954- _eeditor.
710	2		_aAmerican Society of Zoologists, _ehost institution.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521400664
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511565588
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