John Damuth / Bruce J. MacFadden (eds.)

Body Size in Mammalian Paleobiology

Estimation and Biological Implications
Herausgeber: Damuth, John; Macfadden, Bruce J.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 666g
• ISBN-13: 9780521019330
• ISBN-10: 0521019338
• Artikelnr.: 21707476

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction J. Damuth and B. MacFadden; Part I. The Biological
Significance of Mammalian Body Size: 2. The physiological significance of
body size B. K. McNab; 3. The behavioral/ecological significance of body
size J. F. Eisenberg; 4. The functional anatomy of body weight T. Grand; 5.
Evolutionary strategies and body size in a guild of mammals V. C. Maiorana;
6. The cotton rat model R. A. Martin; Part II. The Estimation of Mammalian
Body Mass: 7. Methods and problems in estimating body size in fossil
primates W. Jungers; 8. Structural allometry of the lower limb bones in the
Anthropoidea C. Ruff; 9. Skeletal and dental predictors of body weight in
carnivores B. Van Valkenburgh; 10. Estimates of body size for insular dwarf
mammoths V. L. Roth; 11. Skeletal dimensions of ungulates as predictors of
body weight K. M. Scott; 12. Correlation of body weight in ungulates with
cranio-dental variables C. Janis; 13. Problems with using tooth size to
estimate the body size of fossil mammals M. Fortelius; 14. Problems in
estimating body masses of archaic fossil ungulates using dental
measurements J. Damuth; 15. Body-size estimates and size distribution of
ungulates (Mammalia) from the Late Miocene Love Bone Bed, Florida B. J.
MacFadden and R. C. Hulbert; 16. Summary: discussion and recommendations
for body-mass estimation J. Damuth and B. J. MacFadden; Appendices: data
and equations for body-mass estimation.