Body Size in Mammalian Paleobiology - Estimation and Biological Implications (Hardcover, New)

This valuable collection of essays presents and evaluates techniques of body-mass estimation and reviews current and potential applications of body-size estimates in paleobiology. Papers discuss explicitly the errors and biases of various regression techniques and predictor variables, and the identification of functionally similar groups of species for improving the accuracy of estimates. At the same time other chapters review and discuss the physiological, ecological, and behavioral correlates of body size in extant mammals; the significance of body-mass distributions in mammalian faunas; and the ecology and evolution of body size in particular paleofaunas. Coverage is particularly detailed for carnivores, primates, and ungulates, but information is also presented on marsupials, rodents, and proboscideans.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 1990
First published:	1990
Editors:	John Damuth • Bruce J. MacFadden
Dimensions:	237 x 160 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	412
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-36099-9
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Palaeontology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Vertebrates > Mammals > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-36099-4
Barcode:	9780521360999

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