Body Size
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Body Size The Structure And Function Of Aquatic Ecosystems
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Author : Alan G. Hildrew
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2007-07-12
Body Size The Structure And Function Of Aquatic Ecosystems written by Alan G. Hildrew and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07-12 with Nature categories.
Ecologists have long struggled to predict features of ecological systems, such as the numbers and diversity of organisms. The wide range of body sizes in ecological communities, from tiny microbes to large animals and plants, is emerging as the key to prediction. Based on the relationship between body size and features such as biological rates, the physics of water and the amount of habitat available, we may be able to understand patterns of abundance and diversity, biogeography, interactions in food webs and the impact of fishing, adding up to a potential 'periodic table' for ecology. Remarkable progress on the unravelling, describing and modelling of aquatic food webs, revealing the fundamental role of body size, makes a book emphasising marine and freshwater ecosystems particularly apt. In this 2007 book, the importance of body size is examined at a range of scales that will be of interest to professional ecologists, from students to senior researchers.
The Role Of Visual Cues In Body Size Estimation
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Author : Anne Thaler
language : en
Publisher: Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH
Release Date : 2019-12-15
The Role Of Visual Cues In Body Size Estimation written by Anne Thaler and has been published by Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-15 with Psychology categories.
Our body is central to what we define as our self. The mental representation of our physical appearance, often called body image, can have a great influence on our psychological health. Given the increase in body mass index worldwide and the societal pressure to conform to body ideals, it is important to gain a better understanding of the nature of body representations and factors that play a role in body size estimation tasks. This doctoral thesis takes a multifaceted approach for investigating the role of different visual cues in the estimation of own body size and shape by using a variety of experimental methods and novel state-of-the-art computer graphics methods. Two visual cues were considered: visual perspective and identity cues in the visual appearance of a body (shape, and color-information), as well as their interactions with own body size and gender. High ecological validity was achieved by testing body size estimation in natural settings, when looking into a mirror, and by generating biometrically plausible virtual bodies based on 3D body scans and statistical body models, and simulating real-world scenarios in immersive virtual reality.
Human Body Size And The Laws Of Scaling
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Author : Thomas T. Samaras
language : en
Publisher: Nova Publishers
Release Date : 2007
Human Body Size And The Laws Of Scaling written by Thomas T. Samaras and has been published by Nova Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
Several books have been published on scaling in biology and its ramifications in the animal kingdom. However, none has specifically examined the multifaceted effects of how changes in human height create disproportionately larger changes in weight, surface area, strength and other physiological parameters. Yet, the impact of these non-linear effects on individual humans as well as our world's environment is enormous. Since increasing human body size has widespread ramifications, this book presents findings on the human species and its ecological niche. its community and how the species interacts with its environment. Thus, a few chapters provide an ecological overview of how increasing human body size relates to human evolution, fitness, health, survival and the environment. This book provides a unique purview of the laws of scaling on human performance, health, longevity and the environment. Numerous examples from various research disciplines are used to illustrate the impact of increasing body size on many aspects of human enterprises, including work output, athletics and intellectual performance.
The Ecological Implications Of Body Size
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Author : Robert Henry Peters
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1986-03-31
The Ecological Implications Of Body Size written by Robert Henry Peters and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-03-31 with Science categories.
Describes in detail how the physical size of an organism affects its biology. Presents the largest single compilation of inter-specific size relations and instructs the reader on their comparison, combination, and criticism.
Body Image
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Author : Thomas F. Cash
language : en
Publisher: Guilford Press
Release Date : 2011-07-19
Body Image written by Thomas F. Cash and has been published by Guilford Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-19 with Psychology categories.
The standard reference for practitioners, researchers, and students, this acclaimed work brings together internationally recognized experts from diverse mental health, medical, and allied health care disciplines. Contributors review established and emerging theories and findings; probe questions of culture, gender, health, and disorder; and present evidence-based assessment, treatment, and prevention approaches for the full range of body image concerns. Capturing the richness and complexity of the field in a readily accessible format, each of the 53 concise chapters concludes with an informative annotated bibliography. New to This Edition *Addresses the most urgent current questions in the field.*Reflects significant advances in key areas: assessment, body image in boys and men, obesity, illness-related body image issues, and cross-cultural research. *Conceptual Foundations section now incorporates evolutionary, genetic, and positive psychology perspectives. *Increased coverage of prevention.
When The Body Feels Like Mine Constructing And Deconstructing The Sense Of Body Ownership Through The Lifespan
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Author : Gerardo Salvato
language : en
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Release Date : 2022-04-07
When The Body Feels Like Mine Constructing And Deconstructing The Sense Of Body Ownership Through The Lifespan written by Gerardo Salvato and has been published by Frontiers Media SA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-07 with Science categories.
Primate Societies
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Author : Barbara B. Smuts
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2008-06-03
Primate Societies written by Barbara B. Smuts and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-03 with Science categories.
Primate Societies is a synthesis of the most current information on primate socioecology and its theoretical and empirical significance, spanning the disciplines of behavioral biology, ecology, anthropology, and psychology. It is a very rich source of ideas about other taxa. "A superb synthesis of knowledge about the social lives of non-human primates."—Alan Dixson, Nature
Associative Learning And Conditioning Theory
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Author : Todd R Schachtman PhD
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011-06-03
Associative Learning And Conditioning Theory written by Todd R Schachtman PhD and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-03 with Psychology categories.
Although many professionals in psychology (including the sub-disciplines of human learning and memory, clinical practice related to psychopathology, neuroscience, educational psychology and many other areas) no longer receive training in learning and conditioning, the influence of this field remains strong. Therefore, many researchers and clinicians have little knowledge about basic learning theory and its current applications beyond their own specific research topic. The primary purpose of the present volume is to highlight ways in which basic learning principles, methodology, and phenomena underpin, and indeed guide, contemporary translational research. With contributions from a distinguished collection of internationally renowned scholars, this 23-chapter volume contains specific research issues but is also broad in scope, covering a variety of topics in which associative learning and conditioning theory apply, such as drug abuse and addiction, anxiety, fear and pain research, advertising, attribution processes, acquisition of likes and dislikes, social learning, psychoneuroimmunology, and psychopathology (e.g., autism, depression, helplessness and schizophrenia). This breadth is captured in the titles of the three major sections of the book: Applications to Clinical Pathology; Applications to Health and Addiction; Applications to Cognition, Social Interaction and Motivation. The critically important phenomena and methodology of learning and conditioning continue to have a profound influence on theory and clinical concerns related to the mechanisms of memory, cognition, education, and pathology of emotional and consummatory disorders. This volume is expected to have the unique quality of serving the interests of many researchers, educators and clinicians including, for example, neuroscientists, learning and conditioning researchers, psychopharmacologists, clinical psychopathologists, and practitioners in the medical field.
The Biology Of Rarity
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Author : W.E. Kunin
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
The Biology Of Rarity written by W.E. Kunin and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Science categories.
This book began life as a review article. That article spawned a symposium which was, in turn, greatly expanded to form the present volume. As the project moved through these developmental stages (hopefully, towards attainment of its full maturity), a number of people have provided invaluable assistance to us, and we would like to take this opportunity to thank them. Gordon Orians must certainly take a high place in that list. He has been both a friend and mentor to W.E.K., and many of the topics explored in this book have emerged from the resultant dialogue. His thought processes, ideas and perhaps even some of his turns of phrase emerge throughout much ofthe book. Gordon also played a pivotal role in inviting in motion, and so he has served as a catalyst the article that set this project to the book as well as one of its reagents. While he has not served as an editor of this book, he is one of its authors in more than just the literal sense.
Coral Reef Fishes
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Author : Peter F. Sale
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2002-06-12
Coral Reef Fishes written by Peter F. Sale and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-06-12 with Science categories.
Coral Reef Fishes is the successor of The Ecology of Fishes on Coral Reefs. This new edition includes provocative reviews covering the major areas of reef fish ecology. Concerns about the future health of coral reefs, and recognition that reefs and their fishes are economically important components of the coastal oceans of many tropical nations, have led to enormous growth in research directed at reef fishes. Coral Reef Fishes is much more than a simple revision of the earlier volume; it is a companion that supports and extends the earlier work. The included syntheses provide readers with the current highlights in this exciting science. - An up-to-date review of key research areas in reef fish ecology, with a bibliography including hundreds of citations, most from the last decade - Authoritative, up-to-date, provocative chapters written to suggest future research priorities - An important companion and successor to The Ecology of Fishes on Coral Reefs - Includes discussions of regulation of fish populations, dispersal or site fidelity of larval reef fishes, sensory and motor capabilities of reef fish larvae, and complexities of management of reef species and communities