Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents vii
4. Chapter 1. Functional Adaptation in Skeletal Structures 1
5. Chapter 2. Body Support, Scaling, and Allometry 26
6. Chapter 3. Walking and Running 38
7. Chapter 4. Jumping and Leaping 58
8. Chapter 5. Climbing 73
9. Chapter 6. Digging of Quadrupeds 89
10. Chapter 7. Swimming 110
11. Chapter 8. Flying, Gliding, and Soaring 129
12. Chapter 9. Terrestrial Locomotion without Appendages 159
13. Chapter 10. Energetics and Locomotion 173
14. Chapter 11. Ventilation 185
15. Chapter 12. Aquatic Feeding in Lower Vertebrates 210
16. Chapter 13. Feeding Mechanisms of Lower Tetrapods 230
17. Chapter 14. Mastication, Food Transport, and Swallowing 262
18. Chapter 15. The Octavolateralis System 291
19. Chapter 16. The Vertebrate Eye 317
20. Chapter 17. Neural Control of Locomotion 338
21. Chapter 18. Morphology: Current Approaches and Concepts 366
22. References, Acknowledgments, Contributors, Index
23. References 381
24. Acknowledgments 415
25. Contributors 419
26. Index 420