Animal Architecture - print on demand title

Zusatztext Hansells long-held enthusiasm for the subject comes across in an easily read scholarly style. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, December 2005. Informationen zum Autor Mike Hansell is a Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK. Klappentext This monograph on the biology of animal building embraces all groups, from simple invertebrates to primate toolmakers. It looks at the behavioral and anatomical equipment animals have in order to build, as well as the materials available to them. It examines how architects are able, singly or collectively, to produce complex structures often much larger than themselves. It also looks at the costs of building, the properties of completed structures, the ecological impact of them, and their effects on the evolution of animal builders. Zusammenfassung A monograph on the biology of animal building, embracing animal groups from simple invertebrates to primate toolmakers. It looks at the behavioural and anatomical equipment animals have to build, and the nature of the materials available to them. It examines how animal architects are able to produce complex structures often larger than themselves. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Functions 2: Building materials: nature, origins, and processing 3: Behaviour and anatomy 4: Work organization and building complexity 5: Mechanics, growth, and design 6: Building costs, optimal solutions, and trade-offs 7: Animal architects as ecosystem engineers 8: Evolution

Product details

• Authors: Michael H. Hansell, Mike Hansell, Hansell Mike
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.01.2005
• EAN: 9780198507529
• ISBN: 978-0-19-850752-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 235 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Oxford Animal Biology; Oxford Animal Biology Series; Oxford Animal Biology Series
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; Architecture, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / General, ARCHITECTURE / General, Animal behaviour, Building construction & materials, Ethology and animal behaviour, Building construction and materials