Animal Physiology
by Richard W. Hill, Gordon A. Wyse, Margaret Anderson · Sinauer Associates
Comparative physiology across the animal kingdom, covering respiration, circulation, thermoregulation, osmoregulation, and neural control alongside their ecological and evolutionary context. Prepares readers to compare how different species solve the same physiological problem under different environmental pressures.
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