Functional morphology and evolutionary ecology |
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| Authors: | Wolf-Ernst Reif |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institut und Museum für Geologie und Pal?ontologie der Universit?t, Sigwartstra?e 10, D-7400, Tübingen 1
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| Abstract: | Functional morphology studies physico-chemical properties and biological roles of organs. If applied to fossils this approach is connected with specific methodological problems. The fields of application of functional morphology in paleontology are illustrated with examples. In a working concept it is shown how the results of functional morphology can be integrated into an account of the evolutionary ecology of fossil taxa. |
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