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Description:Advances in morphological and molecular methods continue to uncover new information on the origin and evolution of bats. Presenting some of the most remarkable discoveries and research involving living and fossil bats, this book explores their evolutionary history from a range of perspectives. Phylogenetic studies based on both molecular and morphological data have established a framework of evolutionary relationships that provides a context for understanding many aspects of bat biology and diversification. In addition to detailed studies of the relationships and diversification of bats, the topics covered include the mechanisms and evolution of powered flight, evolution and enhancement of echolocation, feeding ecology, population genetic structure, ontogeny and growth of facial form, functional morphology and evolution of body size. The book also examines the fossil history of bats from their beginnings over 50 million years ago to their diversification into one of the most globally wide-spread orders of mammals living today.Presenting some of the most remarkable discoveries and research involving living and fossil bats, this book explores their evolutionary history from a range of perspectives. Topics covered include paleontology and relationships of bats, the evolution and enhancement of echolocation, feeding ecology, population genetic structure, functional morphology and the fossil history.Contents1. Phylogenies, fossils and functional genes: the evolution of echolocation in bats Emma C. Teeling, Serena Dool and Mark Springer 2. Systematics and paleobiogeography of early bats Thierry Smith, J'rg Habersetzer, Nancy B. Simmons and Gregg F. Gunnell 3. Shoulder joint and inner ear of Tachypteron franzeni, an emballonurid bat from the middle Eocene of Messel J'rg Habersetzer, Evelyn Schlosser-Sturm, Gerhard Storch and Bernard Sig~ 4. Evolutionary history of the Neotropical Chiroptera: the fossil record Gary S. Morgan and Nicholas J. Czaplewski 5. New Basal Noctilionoid Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from the Oligocene of Subtropical North America Nicholas J. Czaplewski and Gary S. Morgan 6. Necromantis Weithofer, 1887, large carnivorous middle and late Eocene bats from the French Quercy Phosphorites: new data and unresolved relationships Suzanne Hand, Bernard Sig~ and Elodie Maitre 7. African Vespertilionoidea (Chiroptera) and the antiquity of Myotinae Gregg F. Gunnell, Thomas P. Eiting and Elwyn L. Simons 8. Evolutionary and ecological correlates of population genetic structure in bats Kevin J. Olival 9. A bird? A plane? No, it's a bat: an introduction to the biomechanics of bat flight Sharon M. Swartz, Jose Iriarte-D'az, Daniel K. Riskin and Kenneth S. Breuer 10. Toward an integrative theory on the origin of bat flight Norberto P. Giannini 11. Molecular timescale of diversification of feeding strategy and morphology in New World Leaf-Nosed Bats (Phyllostomidae): a phylogenetic perspective Robert J. Baker, Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds, Hugo Mantilla-Meluk, Calvin A. Porter and Ronald A. Van Den Bussche 12. Why tribosphenic? On variation and constraint in developmental dynamics of chiropteran molars Ivan Hor'cek and Frantisek Spoutil 13. Necromantodonty, the primitive condition of lower molars among bats Bernard Sig', Elodie Maitre and Suzanne Hand 14. Echolocation, evo-devo, and the evolution of bat crania Scott C. Pedersen and Douglas W. Timm 15. Vertebral fusion in bats: phylogenetic patterns and functional relationships Dawn J. Larkey, Shannon L. Datwyler and Winston C. Lancaster 16. Early evolution of body size in bats Norberto P. Giannini, Gregg F. Gunnell, J'rg Habersetzer and Nancy B. SimmonsWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Evolutionary History of Bats: Fossils, Molecules and Morphology (Cambridge Studies in Morphology and Molecules: New Paradigms in Evolutionary Bio, Series Number 2). To get started finding Evolutionary History of Bats: Fossils, Molecules and Morphology (Cambridge Studies in Morphology and Molecules: New Paradigms in Evolutionary Bio, Series Number 2), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Advances in morphological and molecular methods continue to uncover new information on the origin and evolution of bats. Presenting some of the most remarkable discoveries and research involving living and fossil bats, this book explores their evolutionary history from a range of perspectives. Phylogenetic studies based on both molecular and morphological data have established a framework of evolutionary relationships that provides a context for understanding many aspects of bat biology and diversification. In addition to detailed studies of the relationships and diversification of bats, the topics covered include the mechanisms and evolution of powered flight, evolution and enhancement of echolocation, feeding ecology, population genetic structure, ontogeny and growth of facial form, functional morphology and evolution of body size. The book also examines the fossil history of bats from their beginnings over 50 million years ago to their diversification into one of the most globally wide-spread orders of mammals living today.Presenting some of the most remarkable discoveries and research involving living and fossil bats, this book explores their evolutionary history from a range of perspectives. Topics covered include paleontology and relationships of bats, the evolution and enhancement of echolocation, feeding ecology, population genetic structure, functional morphology and the fossil history.Contents1. Phylogenies, fossils and functional genes: the evolution of echolocation in bats Emma C. Teeling, Serena Dool and Mark Springer 2. Systematics and paleobiogeography of early bats Thierry Smith, J'rg Habersetzer, Nancy B. Simmons and Gregg F. Gunnell 3. Shoulder joint and inner ear of Tachypteron franzeni, an emballonurid bat from the middle Eocene of Messel J'rg Habersetzer, Evelyn Schlosser-Sturm, Gerhard Storch and Bernard Sig~ 4. Evolutionary history of the Neotropical Chiroptera: the fossil record Gary S. Morgan and Nicholas J. Czaplewski 5. New Basal Noctilionoid Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from the Oligocene of Subtropical North America Nicholas J. Czaplewski and Gary S. Morgan 6. Necromantis Weithofer, 1887, large carnivorous middle and late Eocene bats from the French Quercy Phosphorites: new data and unresolved relationships Suzanne Hand, Bernard Sig~ and Elodie Maitre 7. African Vespertilionoidea (Chiroptera) and the antiquity of Myotinae Gregg F. Gunnell, Thomas P. Eiting and Elwyn L. Simons 8. Evolutionary and ecological correlates of population genetic structure in bats Kevin J. Olival 9. A bird? A plane? No, it's a bat: an introduction to the biomechanics of bat flight Sharon M. Swartz, Jose Iriarte-D'az, Daniel K. Riskin and Kenneth S. Breuer 10. Toward an integrative theory on the origin of bat flight Norberto P. Giannini 11. Molecular timescale of diversification of feeding strategy and morphology in New World Leaf-Nosed Bats (Phyllostomidae): a phylogenetic perspective Robert J. Baker, Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds, Hugo Mantilla-Meluk, Calvin A. Porter and Ronald A. Van Den Bussche 12. Why tribosphenic? On variation and constraint in developmental dynamics of chiropteran molars Ivan Hor'cek and Frantisek Spoutil 13. Necromantodonty, the primitive condition of lower molars among bats Bernard Sig', Elodie Maitre and Suzanne Hand 14. Echolocation, evo-devo, and the evolution of bat crania Scott C. Pedersen and Douglas W. Timm 15. Vertebral fusion in bats: phylogenetic patterns and functional relationships Dawn J. Larkey, Shannon L. Datwyler and Winston C. Lancaster 16. Early evolution of body size in bats Norberto P. Giannini, Gregg F. Gunnell, J'rg Habersetzer and Nancy B. SimmonsWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Evolutionary History of Bats: Fossils, Molecules and Morphology (Cambridge Studies in Morphology and Molecules: New Paradigms in Evolutionary Bio, Series Number 2). To get started finding Evolutionary History of Bats: Fossils, Molecules and Morphology (Cambridge Studies in Morphology and Molecules: New Paradigms in Evolutionary Bio, Series Number 2), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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