Constructional Morphology and Evolution
By: edited by Norbert Schmidt-Kittler, Klaus Vogel
Contributors: Vogel, Klaus
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 409
ISBN-13: 9783642761584; 9783642761560
Subjects: Zoology; Botany; Life sciences; Geology
Description: 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.
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