John. William Prothero

The Design of Mammals

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 728g
• ISBN-13: 9781108828864
• ISBN-10: 1108828868
• Artikelnr.: 59642017

Autorenporträt

John William Prothero served on the faculty of the Department of Biological Structure at the University of Washington, Seattle, from 1965 to 1999. During this time, he taught histology for fifteen years and subsequently functional neuroanatomy for nearly twenty years. He has a long-term interest in many aspects of scaling.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Part I. Background: 1. Introduction
2. The mammals
3. The nature of scaling
4. Towards a standardized body weight table
5. A reader's guide
Part II. Empirical Analyses: 6. Body length, girth and surface area
7. Body size distribution in adult mammals
8. Body composition
9. Circulatory system
10. Digestive system
11. Integumentary system
12. Musculoskeletal system
13. Neuroendocrine system
14. Reproductive system
15. Respiratory system
16. Urinary system
17. Function
18. Lethal limits
Part III. Survey of Results: 19. Structural summary
20. Functional summary
21. End-sample, mid-sample and FDS
22. Human scaling
Part IV. Methodology: 23. Scaling statistics
24. Scaling sums
Part V. A Broader View: 25. A Sense of scale
Appendix 1. Recommended reading
Appendix 2. Guidelines for data screening
Appendix 3. Summary of Brody's findings
References
Index.