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Ecomorphology is the comparative study of the influence of
morphology on ecological relationships and the evolutionary impact
of ecological factors on morphology in different life intervals,
populations, species, communities, and evolutionary lineages. The
book reviews early attempts at qualitative descriptions of
ecomorphological patterns in fishes, especially those of the
Russian school. More recent, quantitative studies are emphasised,
including multivariate approaches to ecomorphological analysis, the
selection of functionally important ecological and morphological
variables to analyze, an experimental approach using performance
tests to examine specific hypotheses derived from functional
morphology, and the evolutionary interpretations of
ecomorphological patterns. Six major areas of fish biology are
focused on: feeding, sensory systems, locomotion, respiration,
reproduction, and phylogenetic relationships. The 18 papers in the
volume document: (1) how the morphology of bony fishes constrains
ecological patterns and the use of resources; (2) whether
ecological constraints can narrow the niche beyond the limits
imposed by morphology (fundamental vs. realized niche); (3) how
communities of fishes are organized with respect to
ecomorphological patterns; and (4) the degree to which evolutionary
pressures have produced convergent or divergent morphologies in
fishes. A concluding paper summarizes ecomorphological research in
fishes and points out taxa that are underrepresented or are
especially promising for future research.
Ecomorphology is the comparative study of the influence of
morphology on ecological relationships and the evolutionary impact
of ecological factors on morphology in different life intervals,
populations, species, communities, and evolutionary lineages. The
book reviews early attempts at qualitative descriptions of
ecomorphological patterns in fishes, especially those of the
Russian school. More recent, quantitative studies are emphasised,
including multivariate approaches to ecomorphological analysis, the
selection of functionally important ecological and morphological
variables to analyze, an experimental approach using performance
tests to examine specific hypotheses derived from functional
morphology, and the evolutionary interpretations of
ecomorphological patterns. Six major areas of fish biology are
focused on: feeding, sensory systems, locomotion, respiration,
reproduction, and phylogenetic relationships. The 18 papers in the
volume document: (1) how the morphology of bony fishes constrains
ecological patterns and the use of resources; (2) whether
ecological constraints can narrow the niche beyond the limits
imposed by morphology (fundamental vs. realized niche); (3) how
communities of fishes are organized with respect to
ecomorphological patterns; and (4) the degree to which evolutionary
pressures have produced convergent or divergent morphologies in
fishes. A concluding paper summarizes ecomorphological research in
fishes and points out taxa that are underrepresented or are
especially promising for future research.
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