Fossil behavior compendium

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Boucot, A. J. 1924-
Other Authors Poinar, George O.
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2010.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781439810590
Physical Descriptionxxviii, 391 p. : ill.

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Table of Contents:
  • 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.