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Biomechanics of Feeding in Vertebrates

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Editors:
  1. Vincent L. Bels

    1. Institut Agricole Centre Agronomique de Recherches, Appliquées du Hainaut, Belgique

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  2. Michel Chardon

    1. Morphologie Fonctionnelle Institut Ed. Van Beneden, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgique

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  3. Pierre Vandewalle

    1. Morphologie Fonctionnelle Institute de Zoologie, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgique

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Part of the book series: Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology (COMPARATIVE, volume 18)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Introduction

    • C. Gans
    Pages 1-4

  3. Functional Properties of the Feeding Musculature

    • S. W. Herring
    Pages 5-30

  4. Feeding Mechanisms in Sharks and Other Elasmobranchs

    • T. H. Frazzetta
    Pages 31-57

  5. The Pharyngeal Apparatus in Teleost Feeding

    • P. Vandewalle, A. Huyssene, P. Aerts, W. Verraes
    Pages 59-92

  6. Feeding in Tetrapods

    • F. De Vree, C. Gans
    Pages 93-118

  7. Sensorimotor Processes That Underlie Feeding Behavior in Tetrapods

    • J.-P. Ewert, T. W. Beneke, E. Schürg-Pfeiffer, W. W. Schwippert, A. Weerasuriya
    Pages 119-162

  8. Amphibian Feeding Behavior: Comparative Biomechanics and Evolution

    • G. V. Lauder, S. M. Reilly
    Pages 163-195

  9. Biomechanics of the Hyolingual System in Squamata

    • V. L. Bels, M. Chardon, K. V. Kardong
    Pages 197-240

  10. Behavioral Mechanisms of Avian Feeding

    • G. A. Zweers, H. Berkhoudt, J. C. Vanden Berge
    Pages 241-279

  11. Evolutionary Approach of Masticatory Motor Patterns in Mammals

    • W. A. Weijs
    Pages 281-320

  12. Differential Wear of Enamel: A Mechanism for Maintaining Sharp Cutting Edges

    • A. W. Crompton, C. B. Wood, D. N. Stern
    Pages 321-346

  13. Conclusion: A General Theory for Feeding Mechanics?

    • P. Dullemeijer
    Pages 347-358

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 359-363
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut Agricole Centre Agronomique de Recherches, Appliquées du Hainaut, Belgique

    Vincent L. Bels

  • Morphologie Fonctionnelle Institut Ed. Van Beneden, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgique

    Michel Chardon

  • Morphologie Fonctionnelle Institute de Zoologie, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgique

    Pierre Vandewalle

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Biomechanics of Feeding in Vertebrates

  • Editors: Vincent L. Bels, Michel Chardon, Pierre Vandewalle

  • Series Title: Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57906-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1994

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-54847-8Published: 28 January 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-63399-7Published: 01 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-57906-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0938-2763

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 363

  • Topics: Zoology

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