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A Functional Biology of Nematodes
David A. Wharton(Author)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 19. January 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
XII, 192 pages
978-1-4615-8518-3 (ISBN)
Description
General Editor: Peter Calow, Department of Zoology, University of Sheffield, England The main aim of this series will be to illustrate and to explain the way organisms 'make a living' in nature. At the heart of this - their functional biology - is the way organisms acquire and then make use of resources in metabolism, movement, growth, reproduction, and so on. These processes will form the fundamental framework of all the books in the series. Each book will concentrate on a particular taxon (species, family, class or even phylum) and will bring together information on the form, physiology, ecology and evolutionary biology of the group. The aim will be not only to describe how organisms work, but also to consider why they have come to work in that way. By concentrating on taxa which are well known, it is hoped that the series will not only illustrate the success of selection, but also show the constraints imposed upon it by the physiological, morpho logical and developmentallimhations of the groups. Another important feature of the series will be its organismic orientation. Each book will emphasise the importance of functional integration in the day-to-day lives and the evolution of organisms. This is crucial since, though it may be true that organisms can be considered as collections of gene-determined traits, they neverthe less interact with their environment as integrated wholes and it is in this context that individual traits have been subjected to natural selection and have evolved.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XII, 192 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
269 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4615-8518-3 (9781461585183)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4615-8516-9
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Additional editions
David A. Wharton
A Functional Biology of Nematodes
Book
05/1986
Kluwer Academic Publishers
€109.13
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Content
1. Introduction.- 2. Functional Organisation.- 3. Movement and Co-ordination.- 4. Reproductive Biology.- 5. Parasitism.- 6. Life Cycle.- 7. Environmental Physiology.- References.