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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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.
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tympanic floor, anteroventral process, stapedius fossa, tympanic roof, ramus infraorbitalis, tympanic cover layer, piriform fenestra, rostral entotympanic, epitympanic wing, bullar element, caudal entotympanic, prenatal specimens, pars pectinata, bat cochlea, bat dentition, clutter indices, other microchiropterans, auditory fovea, caudal tympanic process, cochlear frequency map, basilar membrane dimensions, bat relationships, dental ontogeny, coronal morphologies, unilaminar blastocyst Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Plenum Press, New World, Journal of Morphology, Smithsonian Institution Press, Journal of Comparative Neurology, Journal of Comparative Physiology, University of Chicago Press, Hearing Research, Van Den Bussche, Systematic Zoology, Academic Press, American Museum of Natural History, Anatomical Record, Systematic Biology, American Museum Novitates, Bat Research News, Advanced Study Institute, Animal Behaviour, British Museum, Oxford University Press, Philosophical Transactions, Texas Tech Press, Journal of Physiology, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society New!
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- Ecology of Bats by T.H. Kunz on 6 pages
- Animal Sonar Systems (Environmental Science Research; 15) by R. Busnel on 4 pages
- Evolutionary Innovations by Matthew H. Nitecki on 4 pages
- Natural Hist of Vampire Bats by Arthur M. Greenhall on 4 pages
- Current Mammalogy by H.H. Genoways on page 7, page 311, and page 387
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