Contributor
Bels, V. L. (Vincent L.) editor.
ImprintCham, Switzerland : Springer, [2023]
Descriptionx, 593 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25
Note:The Concept of Convergent Evolution and Its Relationship to the Understanding of Form and Function / Vincent L. Bels and Anthony P. Russell -- Odonatopteran Approaches to the Challenges of Flight: Convergence of Responses Subject to a Common Set of Morphological Constraints / André Nel and Bertrand Piney -- Digging Up Convergence in Fossorial Rodents: Insights into Burrowing Activity and Morpho-Functional Specializations of the Masticatory Apparatus / Helder Gomes Rodrigues, Radim Sumbera, Lionel Hautier, and Anthony Herrel -- Testing for Convergent Evolution in Baleen Whale Cochleae / Travis Park, Eric G. Ekdale, Rachel A. Racicot, and Felix G. Marx -- The Sacro-Iliac Joint of the Felidae and Canidae and Their Large Ungulate Prey: An Example of Divergence and Convergence / Jean-Pierre Pallandre, Franck Lavenne, Eric Pellé, Katia Ortiz, and Vincent L. Bels -- Aquatic Feeding in Lissamphibia / Egn Heiss and Patrick Lemell -- Convergence of Aquatic Feeding Modes in the Sauropsida (Crocodiles, Birds, Lizards, Snakes And, Turtles) / Egon Heiss, Paul M. Gignac, Laura B. Porro, and Patrick Lemell -- Convergent Evolution of Secondarily Aquatic Feeding in Mammals / Alexander J. Werth and Christopher D. Marshall -- Solutions to a Sticky Problem: Convergence of the Adhesive Systems of Geckos and Anoles (Reptilia: Squamata) / Anthony P. Russell and Austin M. Garner -- Convergent Evolution of Animal Adhesive Pads / Thies H. Büscher and Stanislav N. Gorb -- Convergence of Arboreal Locomotor Specialization: Morphological and Behavioral Solutions for Movement on Narrow and Compliant Supports / Jesse W. Young -- Convergent Evolution of Manual and Pedal Grasping Capabilities in Tetrapods / Emmanuelle Pouydebat, Grégoire Boulinguez-Ambroise, Adriana Manzano, Virginia Abdala, and Diego Sustaita -- Convergence in Gliding Animals: Morphology, Behavior, and Mechanics / Pranav C. Khandelwal, Shane D. Ross, Haibo Dong, and Johyn J. Socha -- Convergence of Bipedal Locomotion: Why Walk or Run on Only Two Legs / François Druelle, Anick Abourachid, Menelia Vasilopoulou-Kambitsi, and Peter Aerts -- Aquatic Locomotion: Environmental Constraints That Drive Convergent Evolution / Frank E. Fish -- Convergent Evolution of Attachment Mechanisms in Aquatic Animals / Jérôme Delroisse, Victor Kang, Anaïd Gouveneaux, Romana Santos, and Patrick Flammang -- Convergent Evolution: Theory and Practice for Bioinspiration / Chris Broeckhoven and Anton du Plessis -- Conclusion and Perspectives: What Convergent Evolution of Animal Forms and Functions Says About the Predictability of Evolution / Paul S. Katz.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.
Note:This volume presents a series of case studies, at different levels of inclusivity, of how organisms exhibit functional convergence as a key evolutionary mechanism resulting in responses to similar environmental constraints in mechanically similar ways. The contributors to this volume have selected and documented cases of convergent evolution of form and function that are perceived to be driven by environmental abiotic and/or biotic challenges that fall within their areas of expertise. Collectively these chapters explore this phenomenon across a broad phylogenetic spectrum. The sequence of chapters follows the organizational principle of increasing phylogenetic inclusivity, rather than the clustering of chapters by perceived similarity of the phenotypic features or biomechanical challenges being considered. This is done to maintain focus on the evolutionary phenomenon that is the primary subject matter of the book, thereby providing a basis for discussion among the readership about what is necessary and sufficient to justify the recognition of functional convergence. All chapters stress the need for integrative approaches for the elucidation of both pattern and process as they relate to convergence at various taxonomic levels.
