Vertebrate life
Widely praised for its comprehensive coverage and exceptionally clear writing style, this text 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
Widely praised for its comprehensive coverage and exceptionally clear writing style, this text 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
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2013.
The Physical Object
- Description:634 pages : : illustrations ; : 26 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780321773364, 0321773365
- oclc:ocn977924776
- LC Classification:QL605
- Dewey Decimal:596
Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Vertebrate Diversity, Function, and Evolution -- 1.The Diversity, Classification, and Evolution of Vertebrates -- 1.1.The Vertebrate Story -- 1.2.Classification of Vertebrates -- 1.3.Phylogenetic Systematics -- 1.4.The Problem with Fossils: Crown and Stem Groups -- 1.5.Evolutionary Hypotheses -- 1.6.Earth History and Vertebrate Evolution -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Additional Information -- 2.Vertebrate Relationships and Basic Structure -- 2.1.Vertebrates in Relation to Other Animals -- 2.2.Definition of a Vertebrate -- 2.3.Basic Vertebrate Structure -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Additional Information -- 3.Early Vertebrates: Jawless Vertebrates and the Origin of Jawed Vertebrates -- 3.1.Reconstructing the Biology of the Earliest Vertebrates -- 3.2.Extant Jawless Fishes -- 3.3.The Importance of Extant Jawless Vertebrates in Understanding Ancient Vertebrates
Note continued: 3.4.The Radiation of Paleozoic Jawless Vertebrates -- "Ostracoderms" -- 3.5.The Basic Gnathostome Body Plan -- 3.6.The Transition from Jawless to Jawed Vertebrates -- 3.7.Extinct Paleozoic Jawed Fishes -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- Additional Info…
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