Ecological Morphology - Integrative Organismal Biology

Ecological morphology examines the relation between an animal's anatomy and physiology - its form and function - and how the animal has evolved in, and can inhabit, a particular environment. This book provides a synthesis of major concepts in this field.

Summary

Ecological morphology examines the relation between an animal's anatomy and physiology - its form and function - and how the animal has evolved in, and can inhabit, a particular environment. This book provides a synthesis of major concepts in this field.

Product details

• Authors: Peter C. Wainwright
• Assisted by: Stephen M. Reilly (Editor), Reilly Stephen M. (Editor), Peter C. Wainwright (Editor), Wainwright Peter C. (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.1994
• EAN: 9780226869957
• ISBN: 978-0-226-86995-7
• No. of pages: 376
• Dimensions: 15 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, Animal Ecology, Animal Physiology, Zoology and animal sciences, Evolution / Evolutionary biology