Animal Body Size - Linking Pattern and Process Across Space, Time, and Taxonomic Group

Explores animal body size from a macroecological perspective, examining species, populations, and other large groups of animals in order to uncover the patterns and causal mechanisms of body size throughout time and across the globe. "This diverse collection provides a fascinating glimpse into a fundamental property of animal communities: the distribution of body sizes. With a stimulating integration of ecology and paleobiology that addresses the interplay of structure, function, the environment, and evolutionary history, this compilation is sure to appeal to a broad readership. By bringing to the forefront a suite of unanswered questions, the contributors' efforts will motivate exciting new research into how communities are structured across space and through time." (Rebecca Terry, Oregon State University)" Zusammenfassung Explores animal body size from a macroecological perspective, examining species, populations, and other large groups of animals in order to uncover the patterns and causal mechanisms of body size throughout time and across the globe.

Product details

• Authors: Felisa A. Smith, Felisa A. Lyons Smith
• Assisted by: S. Kathleen Lyons (Editor), Lyons S. Kathleen (Editor), Felisa A. Smith (Editor), Smith Felisa A. (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.08.2013
• EAN: 9780226012148
• ISBN: 978-0-226-01214-8
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, Zoology & animal sciences, Zoology and animal sciences, Evolution / Evolutionary biology