Ontogeny, Functional Ecology, and Evolution of Bats - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521626323 ISBN 13: 9780521626323

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

The study of animal development has deep historical roots in codifying the field of evolutionary biology. In the 1940s, evolutionary theory became engulfed by microevolutionary genetic analysis and development became focused on mechanisms, forsaking the evolutionary implications of ontogeny. Recently, ontogeny has resurfaced as a significant component of evolutionary change, population, and community dynamics. Ontogeny, Functional Ecology and Evolution of Bats is a unique reference work by bat biologists who emphasize the importance of understanding ontogeny in the analysis of evolution and ecology. In addition, the developmental underpinnings of specialized morphology, physiology, and behavior are elucidated, and the strong influence of ecology on the ontological niche of juvenile bats is illustrated. This book is an essential reference for bat biologists, and all those working in the fields of ecology, developmental biology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

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Book Description:

Ontogeny, Functional Ecology and Evolution of Bats is a unique reference work by bat biologists who emphasize the importance of understanding development in analyses of evolution and ecology. Using developmental studies, the authors show how systematic relationships between bat species can be clarified, and show how development underpins the specialized morphology, physiology and behaviour of bats. This book is an essential reference work, not only for bat biologists, but for anyone working in the fields of ecology, developmental biology, evolution, behaviour and systematics.

Review:

"The volume is well edited and produced...The illustrations are generally of high quality, and the figure legends do a good job of explaining the figures and referencing sources." Journal of Mammalogy

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0521626323
• ISBN 13: 9780521626323
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 408
• Editor: Adams Rick A., Pedersen Scott C.