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Eckert Animal Physiology: Mechanisms and Adaptations

@inproceedings{Randall1997EckertAP,
  title={Eckert Animal Physiology: Mechanisms and Adaptations},
  author={David J. Randall and Warren W. Burggren and Kathleen A. French},
  year={1997}
}
Eckert Animal Physiology is the essential text for courses exploring the structure, function and evolution of animals. The new Fourth Edition , revised, redesigned and updated, builds on Roger Eckert's earlier success in establishing this book as a classic. Comparing examples and experimental data across a wide variety of animal groups, the authors emphasize the book's central theme: how the bodies of animals function and how evolution has adapted them to their environment. Clear, balanced and… 
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