Biomechanics of Feeding in Vertebrates

✍ Scribed by C. Gans (auth.), Vincent L. Bels, Michel Chardon, Pierre Vandewalle (eds.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 1994
Tongue: English
Leaves: 371
Series: Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology 18
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Although feeding is not yet been thoroughly studied in many vertebrates taxa, and different conceptual and methodological approaches of the concerned scientists make a synthesis difficult, the aim of the editors is to provide a comprehensive overview of the feeding design in aquatic and terrestrial vertebrates with a detailed description of its functional properties. The book emphasizes the constant interaction between function and form, behaviour and morphology in the course of evolution of the feeding apparatus and way of feeding both complementary and basically related to survival interspecific competition, adaptation to environmental changes and adaptive radiations. Special stress is drawn onquantification of the observational and experimental data on the morphology and biomechanics of the feeding design and its element jaws, teeth, hyoidean apparatus, tongue, in order to allow present and further comparisons in an evolutionary perspective.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Functional Properties of the Feeding Musculature....Pages 5-30
Feeding Mechanisms in Sharks and Other Elasmobranchs....Pages 31-57
The Pharyngeal Apparatus in Teleost Feeding....Pages 59-92
Feeding in Tetrapods....Pages 93-118
Sensorimotor Processes That Underlie Feeding Behavior in Tetrapods....Pages 119-162
Amphibian Feeding Behavior: Comparative Biomechanics and Evolution....Pages 163-195
Biomechanics of the Hyolingual System in Squamata....Pages 197-240
Behavioral Mechanisms of Avian Feeding....Pages 241-279
Evolutionary Approach of Masticatory Motor Patterns in Mammals....Pages 281-320
Differential Wear of Enamel: A Mechanism for Maintaining Sharp Cutting Edges....Pages 321-346
Conclusion: A General Theory for Feeding Mechanics?....Pages 347-358
Back Matter....Pages 359-363

✦ Subjects

Zoology

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