Higham Timothy E. (Associate Professor Of Biology Associate Professor Of Biology University Of California Riverside Usa)
Higham Timothy E. (Associate Professor Of Biology Associate Professor Of Biology University Of California Riverside Usa) - Animal Athletes An Ecological And Evolutionary Approach - Paperback
Higham Timothy E. (Associate Professor Of Biology Associate Professor Of Biology University Of California Riverside Usa) - Animal Athletes An Ecological And Evolutionary Approach - Paperback
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Description: Animals perform many athletic tasks to an amazing degree of accomplishment: not only spectacular feats of running and jumping but also routine actions that ensure survival such as feeding vocalization diving flying and many more. The study of performance capacity (defined as the ability of an animal to conduct a key task) is of great interest to both ecologists and evolutionary biologists. At an ecological level how well individuals perform often dictates opportunities for reproduction occupation of preferred territories or capturing prey. Therefore variation in performance capacities can be a key determinant of variation in fitness within animal populations. At an evolutionary level variation in function often follows closely from variation in form and therefore enables animals to invade novel habitats or to overtake other species. This novel book examines how and why animal athletes have evolved. It uses examples from across the animal kingdom and integrates them in the broader context of ecology and evolution thereby identifying common themes that transcend taxonomic divisions. Animal Athletes is an accessible textbook of particular relevance to undergraduates graduate students researchers and professionals in the fields of evolutionary biology ecology vertebrate morphology and functional morphology and will also appeal to the interested layperson.
Title: Animal Athletes An Ecological And Evolutionary Approach
Author(s): Higham Timothy E. (Associate Professor Of Biology Associate Professor Of Biology University Of California Riverside Usa)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780199296552
Pages: 266 Pages
Publication Date: 2/15/2016
Category: Animal Ecology
Description: Animals perform many athletic tasks to an amazing degree of accomplishment: not only spectacular feats of running and jumping but also routine actions that ensure survival such as feeding vocalization diving flying and many more. The study of performance capacity (defined as the ability of an animal to conduct a key task) is of great interest to both ecologists and evolutionary biologists. At an ecological level how well individuals perform often dictates opportunities for reproduction occupation of preferred territories or capturing prey. Therefore variation in performance capacities can be a key determinant of variation in fitness within animal populations. At an evolutionary level variation in function often follows closely from variation in form and therefore enables animals to invade novel habitats or to overtake other species. This novel book examines how and why animal athletes have evolved. It uses examples from across the animal kingdom and integrates them in the broader context of ecology and evolution thereby identifying common themes that transcend taxonomic divisions. Animal Athletes is an accessible textbook of particular relevance to undergraduates graduate students researchers and professionals in the fields of evolutionary biology ecology vertebrate morphology and functional morphology and will also appeal to the interested layperson.
Title: Animal Athletes An Ecological And Evolutionary Approach
Author(s): Higham Timothy E. (Associate Professor Of Biology Associate Professor Of Biology University Of California Riverside Usa)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780199296552
Pages: 266 Pages
Publication Date: 2/15/2016
Category: Animal Ecology
