Constructional Morphology and Evolution

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. Introduction: A New Look at Morphology

   1. Introduction: A New Look at Morphology

      • N. Schmidt-Kittler, K. Vogel

      Pages 1-6

3. Concepts of Constructional Morphology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. Explanations in Konstruktionsmorphologie and Evolutionary Morphology

      • Walter J. Bock

      Pages 9-29

   3. Functional Aspects of Morphology

      • Werner Nachtigall

      Pages 31-40

   4. An Outline of Morpho-Constructional Analysis

      • Norbert Schmidt-Kittler

      Pages 41-53

   5. Concepts of Constructional Morphology

      • Klaus Vogel

      Pages 55-68

4. Bioconstruction: Operational Interconnections, Behavior, Environment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69

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   2. Dynamic Similarity in the Analysis of Animal Movement

      • R. McN. Alexander

      Pages 71-79

   3. Cytomechanics and Biochemistry

      • Jürgen Bereiter-Hahn

      Pages 81-90

   4. Constructional Principles and the Quasi-Experimental Approach to Organisms

      • Wolfgang Friedrich Gutmann

      Pages 91-112

   5. Biomechanics in the Enamel of Mammalian Teeth

      • Wighart von Koenigswald, Hans Ulrich Pfretzschner

      Pages 113-125

   6. The Functional Morphology of Gastropod Apertures

      • C. R. C. Paul

      Pages 127-140

   7. Behavior plus “Pathology” — the Origin of Adaptations?

      • Dieter Stefan Peters

      Pages 141-150

   8. The Function of Labyrinthodont Teeth: Big Teeth in Small Jaws

      • H. Preuschoft, W.-E. Reif, C. Loitsch, E. Tepe

      Pages 151-171

   9. Complexity and a Coupled System: Flight, Echolocation and Evolution in Bats

      • J. M. V. Rayner

      Pages 173-191

   10. Biomechanical Aspects of the Wing Joints in Flies, Especially in Calliphora erythrocephala

       • A. Wisser, W. Nachtigall

       Pages 193-207

5. Bioconstruction: Morphogenesis

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-209

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   2. Ontogenetic Changes Reflected in the Morphology of the Molluscan Shell

      • Klaus Bandel

      Pages 211-230

   3. A Functional Approach to the Development of the Head of Teleosts: Implications on Constructional Morphology and Constraints

      • Karel F. Liem

      Pages 231-249

Constructional morphology explains features of organisms from a constructional and functional point of view. By means of physical analysis it explains the operational aspects of organic structures - how they can perform the activities organisms are expected to fulfil in order to survive in their environment. Constructional morphology also explains options and constraints during the evolution determined by internal constructional needs, ontogenetic demands, inherited organizational preconditions and environmental clues.

• Funktionsmorphologie
• biomechanics
• biomechanik
• evolution
• morphology
• ontogenese
• ontogeny

• Institut für Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany

  Norbert Schmidt-Kittler

• Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut, J. W. Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt a. M., Germany

  Klaus Vogel

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