The new and updated edition of this accessible text provides a comprehensive overview of the comparative physiology of animals within an environmental context. <br><ul><li>Includes two brand new chapters on Nerves and Muscles and the Endocrine System.<br><li>Discusses both comparative systems physiology and environmental physiology.<br><li>Analyses and integrates problems and adaptations for each kind of environment: marine, seashore and estuary, freshwater, terrestrial and parasitic.<br><li>Examines mechanisms and responses beyond physiology.<br><li>Applies an evolutionary perspective to the analysis of environmental adaptation.<br><li>Provides modern molecular biology insights into the mechanistic basis of adaptation, and takes the level of analysis beyond the cell to the membrane, enzyme and gene.<br><li>Incorporates more varied material from a wide range of animal types, with less of a focus purely on terrestrial reptiles, birds and mammals and rather more about the spectacularly successful strategies of invertebrates.<br></ul><p><b>A companion site for this book with artwork for downloading is available at:</b> <b><br></b><p>An Instructor manual CD-ROM for this title is available. Please contact our Higher Education team at for more information.