ANTB14H3 Lecture Notes - No. 12 Group Raf, Dete, Hectare
7 May 2011
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W social environment e. g. food, type of food. Food provides energy for maintenance of normal metabolic processes needed for growth, survival and reproduction. The total amount of energy (calories) needed for any given primate depends on 4 components. We need about 900: basal metabolic rate, activity level, growth rate, reproduction/lactation. The basal metabolic rate (measured in calories) is what is needed to maintain life when at rest. Activity levels determine how many calories above and beyond the basal rate are needed to maintain life. Growing primates need more energy (per body weight) than do adults. Average basal metabolism is affected by body size. The dashed line represents a direct linear relationship between body weight and basal metabolic rate. The solid line represents the actual relationship between body weight and basal metabolic rate. :7;0 -03/8 4;07 means that larger animals use relatively less energy per unit of body weight. www. notesolution. com. iron, needed for the production of hemoglobin.
