Feeding in Vertebrates: Evolution, Morphology, Behavior, Biomechanics
暫譯: 脊椎動物的攝食：演化、形態、行為、生物力學

本書為學生和研究人員提供有關脊椎動物在水生和陸生環境中進食演化的生物學問題的綜述。基於近期的技術發展和新穎的概念方法，本書涵蓋了幾乎所有脊椎動物群體（包括無顎魚類）在營養行為上的功能性問題。本書描述了理解進食結構與進食行為之間關係的機制和理論。最後，本書展示了採用整合性方法來理解脊椎動物多樣性中的演化機制的重要性。

Vincent Bels was born in Verviers, Belgium. His Ph.D. in Ethology and Functional Morphology at the University of Liège (Liège, Belgium) integrated theoretical concepts on morphology in feeding animals. He has used lizards as a model to clarify the process of behavioral ritualization in evolution. After completing his studies, he served as a Research Fellow and then Assistant at the University of Liège (Belgium). He then taught Biology, Zoology and Ecology and developed applied research methods for studying feeding behavior in domestic animals at the Hautes Ecoles (Hainaut, Belgium) and the Associated Agronomic Centre (Belgium). He is currently a Professor at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris, France), where he has served as joint director of one Research Mixed Unit (CNRS/MNHN, France). He has taught Functional Morphology at the University of Mons (Belgium). Professor Bels belongs to the Scientific Committee of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris, France), and serves in Scientific Sections of the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, France). He has authored over 90 peer-reviewed articles, 10 book chapters, and 6 books on feeding and locomotion in vertebrates. In 1994, he edited "Biomechanics of Feeding in Vertebrates" in the series Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology (volume 18) published by Springer. Professor Bels' research chiefly focuses on feeding, drinking and displays in lizards, turtles and birds, but he has also studied feeding and the relation between feeding and locomotion in vertebrates. His research goal is to integrate behavioral, physiological and morphological science into a comprehensive understanding of the "Form-Function" relationship of the trophic system in vertebrates.

Ian Q. Whishaw received his Ph.D. from Western University and is a Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge. He has held visiting appointments at the University of Texas, University of Michigan, Cambridge University, and the University of Strasbourg. He is a fellow of Clair Hall, Cambridge, the Canadian Psychological Association, the American Psychological Association, and the Royal Society of Canada. He is a recipient the Canadian Humane Society Bronze medal for bravery, the Ingrid Speaker Gold medal for research, the distinguished teaching medal from the University of Lethbridge and the Donald O Hebb Prize. He has received the Key to the City of Lethbridge and has honorary doctorates from Thompson Rivers University and the University of Lethbridge. He is a coauthor of a major introductory textbook in Behavioural Neuroscience and a major senior textbook in Neuropsychology. His research addresses the neural basis of skilled movement and the neural basis of brain disease. The Institute for Scientific Information includes him in its list of most cited neuroscientists. His hobby is training horses for western performance events.

文森特·貝爾斯出生於比利時的維爾維耶。他在列日大學（比利時列日）獲得的生態學和功能形態學博士學位，整合了有關進食動物形態學的理論概念。他以蜥蜴作為模型，澄清進化中行為儀式化的過程。完成學業後，他在列日大學（比利時）擔任研究員，隨後成為助理教授。他隨後教授生物學、動物學和生態學，並在高等學校（比利時海瑙）和聯合農業中心（比利時）開發應用研究方法，以研究家畜的進食行為。他目前是法國巴黎自然歷史博物館的教授，並擔任一個研究混合單位（法國CNRS/MNHN）的聯合主任。他曾在比利時蒙斯大學教授功能形態學。貝爾斯教授是法國巴黎自然歷史博物館的科學委員會成員，並在法國國家科學研究中心（CNRS）的科學部門任職。他已發表超過90篇經過同行評審的文章、10章書籍章節和6本有關脊椎動物進食和運動的書籍。1994年，他編輯了斯普林格出版的《脊椎動物進食的生物力學》，該書屬於比較與環境生理學進展系列（第18卷）。貝爾斯教授的研究主要集中在蜥蜴、烏龜和鳥類的進食、飲水和展示行為上，但他也研究了脊椎動物的進食及其與運動之間的關係。他的研究目標是將行為、生理和形態學科學整合成對脊椎動物營養系統的「形狀-功能」關係的全面理解。

伊恩·Q·威肖在西方大學獲得博士學位，並擔任萊斯布里奇大學的神經科學教授。他曾在德克薩斯大學、密西根大學、劍橋大學和斯特拉斯堡大學擔任訪問職位。他是劍橋的克萊爾大廳、加拿大心理學會、美國心理學會和加拿大皇家學會的會員。他獲得了加拿大人道協會的勇氣銅獎、英格麗德·斯皮克研究金獎、萊斯布里奇大學的傑出教學獎和唐納德·O·赫布獎。他獲得了萊斯布里奇市的市長鑰匙，並擁有湯普森河大學和萊斯布里奇大學的榮譽博士學位。他是行為神經科學主要入門教科書和神經心理學主要高級教科書的共同作者。他的研究涉及熟練運動的神經基礎和腦病的神經基礎。科學信息研究所將他列入最被引用的神經科學家名單中。他的愛好是訓練馬匹參加西部表演賽事。