ゾウの時間 ネズミの時間 ― サイズの生物学
ゾウの時間 ネズミの時間 ― サイズの生物学
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本川達雄 著
動物のサイズが違うと機敏さが違い、寿命が違い、総じて時間の流れる速さが違ってくる。行動圏も生息密度も、サイズと一定の関係がある。ところが一生の間に心臓が打つ総数や体重あたりの総エネルギー使用量は、サイズによらず同じなのである。本書はサイズからの発想によって動物のデザインを発見し、その動物のよって立つ論理を人間に理解可能なものにする新しい生物学入門書であり、かつ人類の将来に貴重なヒントを提供する。
目次
第１章 動物のサイズと時間
第２章 サイズと進化
第３章 サイズとエネルギー消費量
第４章 食事量・生息密度・行動圏
第５章 走る・飛ぶ・泳ぐ
第６章 なぜ車輪動物がいないのか
第７章 小さな泳ぎ手
第８章 呼吸系や循環系はなぜ必要か
第９章 器官のサイズ
第１０章 時間と空間
第１１章 細胞のサイズと生物の建築法
第１２章 昆虫―小サイズの達人
第１３章 動かない動物たち
第１４章 棘皮動物―ちょっとだけ動く動物
Condition: Very good
Format: 新書判
Published: 1992
Language: Japanese
ISBN: 9784121010872
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