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Vertebrate life /
Widely praised for its comprehensive coverage and exceptionally clear writing style, this best-selling exploration of vertebrate life is the only accurate and up-to-date treatment of vertebrates that employs a phylogenetic perspective and focuses on how vertebrates work, integrating ecology, behavio...
| Clasificación: | QL605 P6.8 2005 |
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Upper Saddle River, N.J. :
Pearson Prentice Hall,
2005.
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| Edición: | Séptima edición. |
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| Sumario: | Widely praised for its comprehensive coverage and exceptionally clear writing style, this best-selling exploration of vertebrate life is the only accurate and up-to-date treatment of vertebrates that employs a phylogenetic perspective and focuses on how vertebrates work, integrating ecology, behavior, anatomy, and physiology in an evolutionary context. A new chapter on conservation draws together information about the basic biology of vertebrates and shows how it is essential for biological and regulatory decisions that affect the survival of species. Discussions of anatomy, physiology, and behavior are placed in an evolutionary context, showing readers how animals work and how they got to be the way they are. Contains information about conservation and endangered species statusrelated to the basic biology of the groups stresses the importance of good biological information for management and legislation. Features a Cladistic perspective which reflects the widespread adoption of phylogenetic systematics (cladistics) as the basis for determining the evolutionary relationships of organisms. Includes emphasis on conservationIncludes the application of basic biological information about organisms in programs of captive husbandry and management of threatened and endangered species. For professionals in the fields of Vertebrate Zoology, Vertebrate Biology Function, as well as Paleontology and Herpetology. The seventh edition of Vertebrate Life expands the emphasis on integration of structure and function in a phylogenetic context with a large number of changes in both text and art, many of which were suggested by colleagues who are using the book. We have added a new chapter, "diving on Land", that emphasizes the physical differences between water and air and the consequences of those differences for organismal form and function. Another new chapter, "Synapsids and Sauropsids: Two Approaches to Terrestrial Life," provides an evolutionary perspective on the anatomical and physiological differences between these two lineages of amniotes that emphasizes interactions among lung ventilation, locomotion, metabolism, endothermy, nitrogen excretion, and sensory systems. We believe that this synthesis provides a context that will help students to understand the origin and significance of the anatomical and physiological differences between extant birds and mammals. |
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| Descripción Física: | xvi, 684, [51] páginas : ilustraciones (color), mapas ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas, glosario e índice. |
| ISBN: | 0131453106 9780131453104 |