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Constructional Morphology and Evolution

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Norbert Schmidt-Kittler

    1. Institut für Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany

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  2. Klaus Vogel

    1. Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut, J. W. Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt a. M., Germany

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Table of contents (25 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Introduction: A New Look at Morphology

    1. Introduction: A New Look at Morphology

      • N. Schmidt-Kittler, K. Vogel
      Pages 1-6

  3. Concepts of Constructional Morphology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Explanations in Konstruktionsmorphologie and Evolutionary Morphology

      • Walter J. Bock
      Pages 9-29

    3. Functional Aspects of Morphology

      • Werner Nachtigall
      Pages 31-40

    4. An Outline of Morpho-Constructional Analysis

      • Norbert Schmidt-Kittler
      Pages 41-53

    5. Concepts of Constructional Morphology

      • Klaus Vogel
      Pages 55-68

  4. Bioconstruction: Operational Interconnections, Behavior, Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Dynamic Similarity in the Analysis of Animal Movement

      • R. McN. Alexander
      Pages 71-79

    3. Cytomechanics and Biochemistry

      • Jürgen Bereiter-Hahn
      Pages 81-90

    4. Constructional Principles and the Quasi-Experimental Approach to Organisms

      • Wolfgang Friedrich Gutmann
      Pages 91-112

    5. Biomechanics in the Enamel of Mammalian Teeth

      • Wighart von Koenigswald, Hans Ulrich Pfretzschner
      Pages 113-125

    6. The Functional Morphology of Gastropod Apertures

      • C. R. C. Paul
      Pages 127-140

    7. Behavior plus “Pathology” — the Origin of Adaptations?

      • Dieter Stefan Peters
      Pages 141-150

    8. The Function of Labyrinthodont Teeth: Big Teeth in Small Jaws

      • H. Preuschoft, W.-E. Reif, C. Loitsch, E. Tepe
      Pages 151-171

    9. Complexity and a Coupled System: Flight, Echolocation and Evolution in Bats

      • J. M. V. Rayner
      Pages 173-191

    10. Biomechanical Aspects of the Wing Joints in Flies, Especially in Calliphora erythrocephala

      • A. Wisser, W. Nachtigall
      Pages 193-207
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About this book

Constructional morphology explains features of organisms from a constructional and functional point of view. By means of physical analysis it explains the operational aspects of organic structures - how they can perform the activities organisms are expected to fulfil in order to survive in their environment. Constructional morphology also explains options and constraints during the evolution determined by internal constructional needs, ontogenetic demands, inherited organizational preconditions and environmental clues.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany

    Norbert Schmidt-Kittler

  • Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut, J. W. Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt a. M., Germany

    Klaus Vogel

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Constructional Morphology and Evolution

  • Editors: Norbert Schmidt-Kittler, Klaus Vogel

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76156-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-76158-4Published: 22 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-76156-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 409

  • Topics: Zoology, Plant Sciences, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Geology

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology

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