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Reptiles and Herbivory (Hardcover, 1996 ed.)
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Reptiles and Herbivory (Hardcover, 1996 ed.)
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This book looks at how an animal is organized to carry out a
difficult task - that of feeding on plants. The complex adaptations
necessary to enable animals to obtain nutrients successfully from a
herbivorous diet are many. What structures are needed in the mouth,
for example, or in the digestive system? How is behaviour adapted
to allow an animal to survive and reproduce on a diet of plant
material? For the first time, these problems are examined here
purely from the perspective of the reptiles. Individual groups are
looked at the structural, physiological and ecological adaptations
of the herbivorous members are reviewed. The groups discussed
include the modern reptiles, the lizards and the turtles and also
extinct reptiles, the dinosaurs and the mammal-like reptiles.
Common themes are teased out and arranged chronologically to help
gain an understanding of the patterns of diversity change in the
group. This book will be of great interest to researchers and
students of zoology, palaeontology, evolution, ecology, functional
anatomy and morphology.
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