Miniature Vertebrates
The Implications of Small Body Size. The Proceedings of a Symposium held at the Zoological Society of London on 11th and 12th November 1994
Series: Symposia of the Zoological Society of London; 69;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 11 July 1996
- ISBN 9780198577874
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages348 pages
- Size 242x161x24 mm
- Weight 641 g
- Language English
- Illustrations line figures, tables 0
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Short description:
This is the first book to focus on absolute and relative size reduction across the whole spectrum of small vertebrates, from fish to mammals. The problems and advantages of scaling down are considered from physiological and ecological perspectives. The final chapter considers the psychology of human/small vertebrate relationships for companionship rather than research.
MoreLong description:
This book deals with a wide range of topics relating to the fascinating biology of tiny vertebrates, concentrating on the smallest representatives of the major vertebrate groups, from neon tetras to minute shrews. The first section deals with aspects of vertebrate structure and function in relation to diminishing body size. The second part of the book takes up an ecological perspective, with chapters on small fish, amphibians, hummingbirds, small terrestrial
mammals, and on dwarfing in elephants and deer. The book concludes with a chapter on the psychology of human interest in small vertebrates.
Table of Contents:
Biophysical problems of small size in vertebrates
Interface areas in small fish
Miniaturization in tetrapods: consequences for skull morphology
Energetics and the evolution of body size in small terrestrial mammals
Biomechanical constraints on size in flying vertebrates
Does echolocation constrain the evolution of body size in bats?
The genetics and physiology of size reduction in mice
Speciation in small mammals
Miniature mammals: life history strategies and macroevolution
The functional ecology of small fish: some opportunities and consequences
Small size in amphibians - its ecological and evolutionary implications
Body size and the ecology of hummingbirds
Ecology of very small terrestrial mammals
Dwarfing in island elephants and deer: processes in relation to time of isolation
The psychology of human - small vertebrate interactions
