Animal Physiology 5th Edition

Animal Physiology: Your Guide to Evolutionary and Ecological Context

This book is a comprehensive, contemporary, and engaging resource that provides evolutionary and ecological context to help students make connections across all levels of physiological scale. It addresses the major challenge of making connections across levels of biological scale by providing ecological and evolutionary context to the study of physiology at all levels of organization.

Key Features

• Holistic Perspective: Hill's inclusion of ecology and evolution helps readers gain a holistic perspective on animal function and sets this book apart from texts that focus more narrowly on physiology.
• Levels of Organization: The book covers physiology at all levels of organization: genome, molecular biology, biochemistry, cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems.
• Trusted Presentation: The book is trusted by instructors and students because of its authoritative, current, engaging, and lavishly illustrated presentation.
• Foundation for Learning: It addresses the challenge of making connections across levels of biological scale, making complex concepts easier to understand.
• Broad Audience: This book is an essential text for students and instructors of animal physiology.