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008 060912s2003 enka b 101 0 eng d
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015 $aGBA2-Y8875
020 $a1859962386 (hbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm48932286
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050 00 $aQL607.5$b.V47 2003
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245 00 $aVertebrate biomechanics and evolution /$c[edited by] V.L. Bels, J-P. Gasc, A. Casinos.
246 30 $aBiomechanics and evolution
260 $aOxford, UK :$bBIOS Scientific ;$aNew York :$bDistributed exclusively in America by Springer Verlag,$c2003.
300 $axi, 332 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aExperimental biology reviews
500 $a"The initial basis for this book was the organisation of a symposium 'Biomechanics and evolution' held at the University of Canterbury in 2001, sponsored by the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB). Only selected papers on vertebrates are presented in this book"--Pref.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aBiomechanics : a tool for understanding the evolution of vertebrates / A. Casinos, J-P. Gasc and V.L. Bels -- Achievements and limitations in the mechanics of extinct animals / R. McNeill Alexander -- Selection experiments : an under-utilized tool in biomechanics and organismal biology / T. Garland, Jr. -- The importance of functional plasticity in the design and control of the vertebrate musculoskeletal system / G. Gillis and A.A. Biewener -- Biomechanics and evolutionary space : a case study / K.V. Kardong -- Respiration in elasmobranchs : new models of aquatic ventilation / A.P. Summers and L.A. Ferry-Graham -- Evaluating suction feeding performance in fishes : implications for evolutionary diversification / L.A. Ferry-Graham and P.C. Wainwright -- Experimental hydrodynamics and evolution : caudal fin locomotion in fishes / G.V. Lauder ... [et al.] -- Habitat, body design and the swimming performance of fish / P. Domenici -- Constraint and convergence in the evolution of salamander feeding / S.M. Deban -- Biomechanics and evolution in terrestrial and aerial vertebrates / J-P. Gasc, A. Casinos and V.L. Bels -- Evaluating the complexity of the trophic system in Reptilia / V.L. Bels -- The comparative biomechanics of a prey-predator relationship : the adaptive morphologies of the feeding apparatus of Australian black-cockatoos and their foods as a basis for the reconstruction of the evolutionary history of the Psittaciformes / D.G. Homberger -- Biomechanics of the avian skull / R.G. Bout -- Integrating kinetic and kinematic approaches to the analysis of terrestrial locomotion / S.M. Reilly and A. Bicknevicius -- Evolution of lizard locomotion : context and constraint / R. Van Damme ... [et al.] -- Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny? Locomotion.
505 0 $ain children and other primitive hominids / N.C. Heglund and B. Schepens -- Origins and evolution of diversity in the avian wing / J.M.V. Rayner and G.J. Dyke -- The intellectual challenge of biomechanics and evolution / G.V. Lauder.
650 0 $aVertebrates$xEvolution$vCongresses.
650 0 $aBiomechanics$vCongresses.
650 6 $aVertébrés$xÉvolution$vCongrès.
650 6 $aBiomécanique$vCongrès.
700 1 $aBels, V. L.$q(Vincent L.)
700 1 $aGasc, Jean Pierre.
700 1 $aCasinos, A.$q(Adria)
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006491393-d.html