Fossil behavior compendium - Boucot, A. J. (Arthur James), 1924-; Poinar, George O. (Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2010)
ch. 1. Functional morphology -- ch. 2. Specialized, potentially interacting biological substrates -- ch. 3. Mutualism -- ch. 4. Host-parasite and host-parasitoid relationships and disease -- ch. 5. Density and spacing -- ch. 6. Predation and feeding behaviors -- ch. 7. Communication -- ch. 8. Trace fossils and their formers -- ch. 9. Specialized substrates -- ch. 10. Sexual behavior -- ch. 11. Parental care -- ch. 12. Depth behavior -- ch. 13. Phoresy -- ch. 14. Defense -- ch. 15. Carrier shells -- ch. 16. Pollination ecology -- ch. 17. Social insects -- ch. 18. Long-range migration -- ch. 19. Molting -- ch. 20. Sensitive plants -- ch. 21. Reptilian and mammalian burrows and dens -- ch. 22. Vertebrate endocranial casts -- ch. 23. Preening -- ch. 24. Grain-size selectors -- ch. 25. The Seagrass Community Complex -- ch. 26. Shelter -- ch. 27. Flying and gliding vertebrates -- ch. 28. Possible genetic-developmental defects -- ch. 29. Teratologies -- ch. 30. Disease -- ch. 31. Marine molluscan larval types and their behavior -- ch. 32. Competition involving bryozoans -- ch. 33. "Lost" behaviors and their vestigial evidence -- ch. 34. Stunting -- ch. 35. Oceanic vs. neritic -- ch. 36. Human behavior -- ch. 37. Summary and conclusions.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Animals, Fossil; Animal behavior -- Evolution; Pathogenic microorganisms; Electronic books