The Definition and Recognition of Biological Adaptation
- W. Bock
- Biology
- 1 February 1980
It is suggested that the best approach for the study of adaptations is a team effort with constant feedback between the laboratory and field phases of study, and attention should be given to the development of an ecological morphology to supplement functional morphology.
Philosophical Foundations of Classical Evolutionary Classification
- W. Bock
- Biology
- 1 December 1973
Application of the Popperian philosophy of the demarcation and methodology of science to classification suggests that a major task is the development of severe tests of falsification by which classifications can be tried.
Functional anatomy and adaptive evolution of the feeding apparatus in the Hawaiian honeycreeper genus Loxops (Drepanididae)
- L. P. Richards, W. Bock
- Biology
- 1973
Functional and evolutionary morphology of woodpeckers
- W. Bock
- Biology
- 1 March 1999
All forces acting on the climbing bird can be determined with the Method of Free-Body Analysis, which together with measurements of hind limb and tail features and of the tree surfaces used by different species, will permit understanding of the evolution of climbing adaptations.
Classifications and other ordering systems
This paper presents a meta-analysis of the phylogeny of Hennigian cladification, which aims to clarify the role of phylogeny in the development of classification in the fossil record.
ADAPTATION AND THE FORM–FUNCTION COMPLEX
- W. Bock, G. Wahlert
- Biology
- 1 September 1965
The current revival of morphology is heralded by a flourish of studies in functional anatomy with the general result being a renewed focus of interest in the problem of organic form. Recent…
PREADAPTATION AND MULTIPLE EVOLUTIONARY PATHWAYS
- W. Bock
- Biology
- 1 June 1959
This paper discusses two evolutionary principles-preadaptation and multiple pathways of evolution in the hopes of at least partly clarifying their operational mechanism and their significance in macroevolution.
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