The Skull, Volume 3: Functional and Evolutionary Mechanisms

by James Hanken, Brian K. Hall

Overview

In this authoritative three-volume reference work, leading researchers bring together current work to provide a comprehensive analysis of the comparative morphology, development, evolution, and functional biology of the skull.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226315737
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	06/15/1993
Series:	Skull Series , #3
Edition description:	1
Pages:	468
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Brian K. Hall is University Research Professor at Dalhousie University and fellow of the Centre for Human Biology at the University of Western Australia and the editor of the three-volume series The Skull, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Table of Contents

Volume 3 - Function and Evolutionary Mechanisms Introduction by James Hanken and Brian K. Hall
1. Mechanisms of Skull Diversity and Evolution, James Hanken and Brian K. Hall
2. Convergent and Alternative Designs for Vertebrate Suspension Feeding, S. Laurie Sanderson and Richard Wassersug
3. Design of Feeding Systems in Aquatic Vertebrates: Major Patterns and Their Evolutionary Interpretations, George V. Lauder and H. Bradley Shaffer
4. The Form of the Feeding Apparatus in Terrestrial Vertebrates: Studies of Adaptation and Constraint, Kathleen K. Smith
5. The Skull as a Locomotor Organ, Marvalee H. Wake
6. Structural Basis of Hearing and Sound Transmission, R. Eric Lombard and Thomas E. Hetherington
7. Beams and Machines: Modeling Approaches to the Analysis of Skull Form and Function, David B. Weishampel
8. Mechanical Analysis of the Mammalian Head Skeleton, Anthony P. Russell and Jeffrey J. Thomason
9. Scaling, Allometry, and Skull Design, Sharon B. Emerson and Dennis M. Bramble
10. Ecomorphology of the Teleostean Skull, Karel F. Liem

Editorial Reviews

The third volume of the three-volume reference on the vertebrate skull (preceded by v.1: Development and v.2: Patterns of Structural and Systematic Diversity). Volume 3 deals with the vertebrate skull both in the context of its function and in relation to the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that underlie cranial diversity. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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