Architecture in Living Structure
Published on 20. April 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
IV, 184 pages
978-94-010-8787-2 (ISBN)
Description
Diversity of Functional Morphological Explanation.- Principles of Self-Generation and Self-Maintenance.- Architecture of Tissue Cells.- On the Reconstruction of Phylogenetic Transformations.- Mechanical Constraints Canalizing the Evolutionary Transformation of Tetrapod Limbs.- The Legs of Ostriches (Struthio) and Moas (Pachyornis).- Trends in the Functional Morphology and Sensorimotor Control of Feeding Behavior in Salamanders: An Example of the Role of Internal Dynamics in Evolution.- Qualitative and Quantitative Explanation of the Forms of Heat Sensitive Organs in Snakes.- Proportions of the Jaw Mechanism of Cichlid Fishes Chances and Their Meaning.- Jaw Protrusion, an Optimization of the Feeding Apparatus of Teleosts?.- Constructional Morphology: The Analysis of Constraints in Evolution Dedicated to A. Seilacher in Honour of His 60. Birthday.- Greek Classicism in Living Structure? Some Deductive Pathways in Animal Morphology.- Some Methodological Remarks.- Errata.
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Edition
1985
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
IV, 184 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
295 gr
ISBN-13
978-94-010-8787-2 (9789401087872)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-009-5169-3
Schweitzer Classification
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G.A. Zweers | P. Dullemeijer
Architecture in Living Structure
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12/2012
Springer
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Architecture in Living Structure
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10/1985
Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Content
Diversity of Functional Morphological Explanation.- Principles of Self-Generation and Self-Maintenance.- Architecture of Tissue Cells.- On the Reconstruction of Phylogenetic Transformations.- Mechanical Constraints Canalizing the Evolutionary Transformation of Tetrapod Limbs.- The Legs of Ostriches (Struthio) and Moas (Pachyornis).- Trends in the Functional Morphology and Sensorimotor Control of Feeding Behavior in Salamanders: An Example of the Role of Internal Dynamics in Evolution.- Qualitative and Quantitative Explanation of the Forms of Heat Sensitive Organs in Snakes.- Proportions of the Jaw Mechanism of Cichlid Fishes Chances and Their Meaning.- Jaw Protrusion, an Optimization of the Feeding Apparatus of Teleosts?.- Constructional Morphology: The Analysis of Constraints in Evolution Dedicated to A. Seilacher in Honour of His 60. Birthday.- Greek Classicism in Living Structure? Some Deductive Pathways in Animal Morphology.- Some Methodological Remarks.- Errata.