Zoology: Understanding the Animal World. Episode 18, Size, Structure, and Metabolism.

Explore how an animal’s size helps it thrive. Look at allometric scaling (which helps explain diverse characteristics, like why smaller animals like mice have faster breathing and heart rates than the enormous elephant), why invertebrates are much smaller on average than vertebrates, and how bioener...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Hauptverfasser:
Great Courses, The, E. Moore III, Donald
Weitere Verfasser:
E. Moore III, Donald (SchauspielerIn)
Format:
Elektronisch Film
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
[San Francisco, California, USA] : The Great Courses, 2017.
Kanopy Streaming, 2021.
Zusammenfassung:
Explore how an animal’s size helps it thrive. Look at allometric scaling (which helps explain diverse characteristics, like why smaller animals like mice have faster breathing and heart rates than the enormous elephant), why invertebrates are much smaller on average than vertebrates, and how bioenergetics - how animals obtain and use fuel - helps us understand animal survival.
Umfang:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
video file MPEG-4 Flash
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Anmerkungen:
Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Format Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Schlagworte:
Animals.
Biology.
Zoology.
Education films.
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