http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
phylogenetic and functional perspectives
x, 277 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
Introduction -- Ecological constraints on mammalian sleep architecture -- Sleep in insects -- Schooling by continuously active fishes: clues to sleep's ultimate function -- What exactly is it that sleeps? The evolution, regulation, and organization of an emergent network property -- Evolutionary medicine of sleep disorders : toward a science of sleep duration -- Primate sleep in phylogenetic perspective -- A bird's-eye view of the function of steep -- The evolution of wakefulness : from reptiles to mammals -- The evolution of REM sleep -- Toward an understanding of the function of sleep: new insights from mouse genetics -- Fishing for sleep
edited by Patrick McNamara, Robert A. Barton, Charles L. Nunn.
Includes bibliographical references and index.