Integrative Wildlife Nutrition

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Barboza, Perry S. (Editor), Parker, Katherine L. (Editor), Hume, Ian D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Nutrition.; Animal ecology.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Animal physiology.; Wildlife.; Fish.; Environmental management.; Life Sciences.; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management.; Animal Physiology.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Environmental Management.; Animal Ecology.

Nutrition 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 ani...