Biology and evolution of crocodylians /

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"Gordon Grigg's authoritative and accessible text and David Kirshner's stunning interpretive artwork and color photographs combine expertly in this contemporary celebration of crocodiles, alligators, caimans, and gharials. This book showcases the skills and capabilities that allow cro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grigg, Gordon C. (Gordon Clifford) (Autor)
Otros Autores: Kirshner, David (Ilustrador), Shine, Richard (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Clayton South, VIC : Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press ; CSIRO Publishing, [2015]
Temas:
Crocodilians.
Crocodilians > Evolution.
Crocodiles.
Crocodiles > Evolution.
Crocodiliens.
Crocodiliens > Évolution.
Crocodiles > Évolution.
NATURE > Animals > Fish.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ichthyology & Herpetology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The crocodylian family tree
  • Crocodylians closer up
  • Locomotion, buoyancy and travel
  • Sensory skills and brain
  • Feeding, digestion and nutrition
  • Energy supply and delivery
  • The world's most extraordinary heart
  • Diving and submergence behaviour and physiology
  • Thermal relations
  • Salt and water balance
  • Reproduction
  • Populations and population ecology
  • Conservation, commercialisation and conflict.

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