Vertebrate life
Praised for its comprehensive coverage and clear writing style, this textbook explores how the anatomy, physiology, ecology, and behaviour of animals interact to produce organisms that function effectively in their environments and how lineages of organisms change through evolutionary time.
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- Full title :Vertebrate life / F. Harvey Pough, Christine M. Janis, John B. Heiser.
Summary
Praised for its comprehensive coverage and clear writing style, this textbook explores how the anatomy, physiology, ecology, and behaviour of animals interact to produce organisms that function effectively in their environments and how lineages of organisms change through evolutionary time.
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- Publication Date:©2013.
- Edition:9th ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Pearson
- Place of Publication:Boston, MA
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2013.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 volume (various pagings) : : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; : 26 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780321773364, 0321773365, 9780321782359, 0321782356
- oclc:ocn819387860
- LC Classification:QL605
- Dewey Decimal:596
Table of Contents
Pt. I. Vertebrate diversity, function, and evolution : 1. The diversity, classification, and evolution of vertebrates -- 2. Vertebrate relationships and basic structure -- 3. Early vertebrates : jawless vertebrates and the origin of jawed vertebrates -- Pt. II. Non-amniotic vertebrates : fishes and amphibians : 4. Living in water -- 5. Radiation of the Chondrichthyes -- 6. Dominating life in water : the major radiation of fishes -- 7. Geography and ecology of the Paleozoic Era -- 8. Living on land -- 9. Origin and radiation of Tetrapods -- 10. Salamanders, Anurans, and Caecilians -- Pt. III. Sauropsida : turtles, Lepidosaurs, and Archosaurs : 11. Synapsids and Sauropsids : two approaches to terrestrial life -- 12. Turtles -- 13. The Lepidosaurs : Tuatara, lizards, and snakes -- 14. Ectothermy : a low-cost approach to life -- 15. Geography and ecology of the Mesozoic Era -- 16. Mesozoic Diapsids : dinosaurs, crocodilians, birds, and others -- 17. Avian specializations -- Pt.IV. Synapsida : the mammals : 18. The Synapsida and the evolution of mammals -- 19. Geography and ecology of the Cenozoic Era -- 20. Mammalian diversity and characteristics -- 21. Mammalian specializations -- 22…
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