Herpetology

by Pough, F. Harvey

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Title Statements

Full title :Herpetology / F. Harvey Pough, Rochester Institute of Technology, emeritus [and 5 others]

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2016
Edition:4. edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Sinauer Associates, Inc. Publishers
Place of Publication:Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2016

The Physical Object

Description:1 v. (various pagings) : : illustrations (chiefly color) ; : 29 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781605352336, 1605352330
oclc:on1007013404
LC Classification:QL641
Dewey Decimal:597.9

pt. I. What are amphibians and reptiles? -- Why study herpetology? -- Phylogenetic systematics and the origins of amphibians and reptiles -- Systematics and diversity of extant amphibians -- Systematics and diversity of extant reptiles -- The biogeography of amphibians and reptiles -- pt. II. How do they work? -- Water and temperature relations -- Energetics and performance -- Reproduction and life histories of amphibians -- Reproduction and life histories of reptiles -- Body support and locomotion -- Feeding -- pt. III. What do they do? -- Spatial ecology -- Communication -- Mating systems and sexual selection -- Diets, foraging, and interactions with parasites and predators -- Populations and species assemblages -- pt. IV. What are their prospects for survival? -- Conservation and the future of amphibians and reptiles