Biomechanics in animal behaviour
By: [edited by] P. Domenici, R.W. Blake
Contributors: Blake, R. W. 1954-; Domenici, P.
Series: Experimental biology reviews
Publisher: BIOS Scientific
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
Subjects: Biomechanics; Animal behavior
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Biomechanics in behaviour / P. Domenici, R.W. Blake; title: Biomechanics and behaviour: analyzing the mechanistic basis of movement from an evolutionary perspective / G.V. Lauder; title: Intermittent locomotor behaviour alters total work / R.B. Weinstein, R. J. Full; title: Walking and running strategies for humans and other mammals / R.McN. Alexander; title: Fish swimming behaviour: predictions from physical principles / P.W. Webb, C.L. Gerstner; title: The biomechanics of intermittent swimming behaviours in aquatic vertebrates / R.W. Blake; title: Bird migration performance on the basis of flight mechanics and trigonometry / T. Alerstam; title: Aerodynamics and behaviour of moult and take-off in birds / J.M.V. Rayner, J.P. Swaddle; title: The physics of chemoreception revisited: how the environment influences chemically mediated behaviour / R.W.S. Schneider, P.A. Moore; title: Passive orientation, hydrodynamics, acoustics and behaviour in swash-riding clams and other sandy beach invertebrates / O. Ellers; title: Crab claws as tools and weapons / R.N. Hughes; title: Linking feeding behaviour and jaw mechanics in fishes / P.C. Wainwright, M.W. Westneat, D.R. Bellwood; title: Biomechanics and feeding behaviour in carnivores: comparative and ontogenetic studies / B. Van Valkenburgh, W.J. Binder; title: Predator-prey relationships in fish and other aquatic vertebrates: kinematics and behaviour / R.S. Batty, P. Domenici; title: Biomechanics of display behaviour in tetrapods: throat display in squamates / V.L. Bels; title: The defence response in crayfish: behaviour and kinematics / N. Copp, M. Jamon; title: Fighting and the mechanical design of horns and antlers / A.C. Kitchener; title: Co-evolution of behaviour and material in the spider's web / F. Vollrath