Biomechanics in Animal Behaviour (Society for Experimental Biology)

1. Biomechanics in behaviour
2. Biomechanics and behaviour: analyzing the mechanistic basis of movement from an evolutionary perspective
3. Intermittent locomotor behaviour alters total work
4. Walking and running strategies for humans and other mammals
5. Fish swimming behaviour: predictions from physical principles
6. The biomechanics of intermittent swimming behaviours in aquatic vertebrates
7. Bird migration performance on the basis of flight mechanics and trigonometry
8. Aerodynamics and behaviour of moult and take-off in birds
9. The physics of chemoreception revisited: how the environment influences chemically mediated behaviour
10. Passive orientation, hydrodynamics, acoustics and behaviour in swash-riding clams and other sandy beach invertebrates
11. Crab claws as tools and weapons
12. Linking feeding behaviour and jaw mechanics in fishes
13. Biomechanics and feeding behaviour in carnivores: comparative and ontogenetic studies
14. Predator–prey relationships in fish and other aquatic vertebrates: kinematics and behaviour
15. Biomechanics of display behaviour in tetrapods: throat display in squamates
16. The defence response in crayfish: behaviour and kinematics
17. Fighting and the mechanical design of horns and antlers
18. Co-evolution of behaviour and material in the spider’s web

Biomechanics in Animal Behaviour offers a unique approach by integrating fully the fields of animal behaviour and biomechanics. It demonstrates how an understanding of biomechanical issues is an important part of evaluating and predicting animal behaviour. The book examines how behaviour is determined and/or constrained by biomechanical variables such as hydrodynamics, aerodynamics, kinematics, and the mechanical properties of biomaterials