Vertebrate life

Vertebrate Life, 10th Edition blends information about anatomy, physiology, ecology, and behavior to present vertebrates within an evolutionary context. Engaging and readable, the 10th edition features full color throughout with completely new photographs and line art. Important advances in vertebrate biology are highlighted, including the increasing influence of molecular phylogenies, insights provided by evo-devo, and our growing appreciation of the significance of developmental plasticity and epigenetics. Taxon-specific conservation issues are discussed in each chapter that treats extant forms.

Edición revisada de: Vertebrate life / F. Harvey Pough, Christine M. Janis, John B. Heiser. 9th ed. Boston : Pearson, ♭2013.

1: Evolution, Diversity, and Classification of Vertebrates 2: What Is a Vertebrate? 3: Jawless Vertebrates and the Origin of Jawed Vertebrates 4: Living in Water 5: Geography and Ecology of the Paleozoic Era 6: Radiation and Diversification of Chondrichthyes 7: Extant Chondrichthyans 8: Radiation and Diversity of Osteichthyes 9: Extant Bony Fishes 10: Origin and Radiation of Tetrapods 11: Extant Amphibians 12: Living on Land 13: Geography and Ecology of the Mesozoic Era 14: Synapsids and Sauropsids 15: Ectothermy: A Low-Energy Approach to Life 16: Turtles 17: Lepidosaurs 18: Crocodylians 19: Mesozoic Diapsids: Dinosaurs and Others 20: Endothermy: A High-Energy Approach to Life 21: The Origin and Radiation of Birds 22: Extant Birds 23: Geography and Ecology of the Cenozoic Era 24: Synapsida and the Evolution of Mammals 25: Extant Mammals 26: Primate Evolution and the Emergence of Humans, by Sergi Lopez-Torres.