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Ecological morphology : integrative organismal biology

Title: Ecological morphology : integrative organismal biology / edited by Peter C. Wainwright and Stephen M. Reilly.
Publication: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1994], ©1994.

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viii, 367 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

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Contents

1. Introduction / Peter C. Wainwright and Stephen M. Reilly -- 2. Ecological and Evolutionary Inferences from Morphology: An Ecological Perspective / Robert E. Ricklefs and Donald B. Miles -- 3. Functional Morphology as a Tool in Ecological Research / Peter C. Wainwright -- 4. Adaptation, Constraint, and the Comparative Method: Phylogenetic Issues and Methods / Jonathan B. Losos and Donald B. Miles -- 5. Evaluating the Adaptive Role of Morphological Plasticity / Joseph Travis -- 6. Allometric Aspects of Predator-Prey Interactions / Sharon B. Emerson, Harry W. Greene and Eric L. Charnov -- 7. Ecomorphological Analysis of Fossil Vertebrates and Their Paleocommunities / Blaire Van Valkenburgh -- 8. Roles of Hydrodynamics in the Study of Life on Wave-Swept Shores / Mark W. Denny -- 9. Wing Design, Flight Performance, and Habitat Use in Bats / Ulla Norberg -- 10. Ecological Morphology of Locomotor Performance in Squamate Reptiles / Theodore Garland, Jr. and Jonathan B. Losos.
11. The Role of Physiological Capacity, Morphology, and Phylogeny in Determining Habitat Use in Mosquitoes / Timothy J. Bradley -- 12. The Ecological Morphology of Metamorphosis: Heterochrony and the Evolution of Feeding Mechanisms in Salamanders / Stephen M. Reilly -- 13. Conclusion: Ecological Morphology and the Power of Integration / Stephen M. Reilly and Peter C. Wainwright.

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93040993

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Columbia University Libraries