Functional Vertebrate Morphology / / ed. by Milton Hildebrand, David B. Wake, Karel F. Liem, Dennis M. Bramble.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Alexander, R. McNeill,; Bennett, Albert F.,; Blake, Robert W.,; Bramble, Dennis M.,; Cartmill, Matt,; Crompton, Alfred W.,; Edwards, James L.,; Emerson, Sharon B.,; Fay, Richard R.,; Goslow, Jr.,; Hiiemae, Karen M.,; Hildebrand, Milton,; Lanyon, Lance E.,; Lauder, George V.,; Levine, Joseph S.,; Liem, Karel F.,; Norberg, Ulla Μ.,; Popper, Arthur N.,; Rubin, Clinton T.,; Wake, David B.,; Webb, Paul W.,
• HerausgeberIn: Bramble, Dennis M.,; Hildebrand, Milton,; Liem, Karel F.,; Wake, David B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1985
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (430 p.) :; Illustrations
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; Chapter 1. Functional Adaptation in Skeletal Structures --; Chapter 2. Body Support, Scaling, and Allometry --; Chapter 3. Walking and Running --; Chapter 4. Jumping and Leaping --; Chapter 5. Climbing --; Chapter 6. Digging of Quadrupeds --; Chapter 7. Swimming --; Chapter 8. Flying, Gliding, and Soaring --; Chapter 9. Terrestrial Locomotion without Appendages --; Chapter 10. Energetics and Locomotion --; Chapter 11. Ventilation --; Chapter 12. Aquatic Feeding in Lower Vertebrates --; Chapter 13. Feeding Mechanisms of Lower Tetrapods --; Chapter 14. Mastication, Food Transport, and Swallowing --; Chapter 15. The Octavolateralis System --; Chapter 16. The Vertebrate Eye --; Chapter 17. Neural Control of Locomotion --; Chapter 18. Morphology: Current Approaches and Concepts --; References, Acknowledgments, Contributors, Index --; References --; Acknowledgments --; Contributors --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674184404; 9783110353488; 9783110353549; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674184404
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Milton Hildebrand, David B. Wake, Karel F. Liem, Dennis M. Bramble.