The design of mammals : a scaling approach
John William Prothero (Author)
Despite an astonishing 100 million-fold range in adult body mass from bumblebee bat to blue whale, all mammals are formed of the same kindsd of molecules, cells, tissues, and organs and to the same overall body plan. A scaling approach investigates the principles of mammal design by exmaining the ways in which mammals of diverse size and taxonomy are quantitatively comparable. This book presents an extensive re-analysis of scaling data collected over a quarter of a century, including many sources that are rarely or never cited. The result is an unparalleled contribution to understanding scaling in mammals, addressing a uniquely extensive range of mammal attributes and using substantially larger and more rigorously screened samples than in any prior work. An invaluable resource for all those interested in the "design" of mammals, this is an ideal text for postgraduates and researchers in a range of fields from comparative physiology to ecology. -- from back cover
Print Book, English, 2015
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2015