Evolutionary biomechanics : selection, phylogeny, and constraint
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Evolutionary biomechanics : selection, phylogeny, and constraint
(Oxford series in ecology and evolution)
Oxford University Press, 2014
1st ed.
- : pbk.
- : [hardback]
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-146) and index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
-
: [hardback] ISBN 9780198566373
Description
Evolutionary biomechanics is the study of evolution through the analysis of biomechanical systems. Its unique advantage is the precision with which physical constraints and performance can be predicted from first principles. Instead of reviewing the entire breadth of the biomechanical literature, a few key examples are explored in depth as vehicles for discussing fundamental concepts, analytical techniques, and evolutionary theory. Each chapter develops a conceptual
theme, developing the underlying theory and techniques required for analyses in evolutionary biomechanics. Examples from terrestrial biomechanics, metabolic scaling, and bird flight are used to analyse how physics constrains the design space that natural selection is free to explore, and how adaptive
evolution finds solutions to the trade-offs between multiple complex conflicting performance objectives.
Evolutionary Biomechanics is suitable for graduate level students and professional researchers in the fields of biomechanics, physiology, evolutionary biology and palaeontology. It will also be of relevance and use to researchers in the physical sciences and engineering.
Table of Contents
- 1. Themes
- 2. Selection
- 3. Constraint
- 4. Scaling
- 5. Phylogeny
- 6. Form and function in ight
- 7. Adaptation in avian wing design
- 8. Trade-offs: selection, phylogeny and constraint
- Volume
-
: pbk. ISBN 9780198566380
Description
Evolutionary biomechanics is the study of evolution through the analysis of biomechanical systems. Its unique advantage is the precision with which physical constraints and performance can be predicted from first principles. Instead of reviewing the entire breadth of the biomechanical literature, a few key examples are explored in depth as vehicles for discussing fundamental concepts, analytical techniques, and evolutionary theory. Each chapter develops a conceptual
theme, developing the underlying theory and techniques required for analyses in evolutionary biomechanics. Examples from terrestrial biomechanics, metabolic scaling, and bird flight are used to analyse how physics constrains the design space that natural selection is free to explore, and how adaptive
evolution finds solutions to the trade-offs between multiple complex conflicting performance objectives.
Evolutionary Biomechanics is suitable for graduate level students and professional researchers in the fields of biomechanics, physiology, evolutionary biology and palaeontology. It will also be of relevance and use to researchers in the physical sciences and engineering.
Table of Contents
- 1. Themes
- 2. Selection
- 3. Constraint
- 4. Scaling
- 5. Phylogeny
- 6. Form and function in flight
- 7. Adaptation in avian wing design
- 8. Trade-offs: selection, phylogeny and constraint
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