Vertebrate Biology

✍ Scribed by Donald Linzey

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 498
• Edition: 1st
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This long-awaited entry into the Vertebrate Biology market has been praised for its student-friendly writing style. The text contains many pedagogical aids for students including boldface key terms throughout and a comprehensive glossary. End-of-chapter pedagogy includes a list of supplemental readings, a listing of related Internet sites, and chapter review questions.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 1
Preface......Page 2
1. The Vertebrate Story: An Overview......Page 7
2. Systematics and Vertebrate Evolution......Page 29
3. Vertebrate Zoogeography......Page 51
4. Early Chordates and Jawless Fishes......Page 80
5. Gnathostome Fishes......Page 96
6. Amphibians......Page 135
7. Evolution of Reptiles......Page 175
8. Reptiles: Morphology, Reproduction, and Development......Page 204
9. Mammals......Page 270
10. Population Dynamics......Page 330
11. Movements......Page 343
12. Intraspecific Behavior and Ecology......Page 363
13. Interspecific Interactions......Page 381
14. Techniques for Ecological and Behavioral Studies......Page 396
15. Extinction and Extirpation......Page 408
16. Conservation and Management......Page 427
Appendix I......Page 449
Appendix II......Page 460
Appendix III......Page 463
Glossary......Page 465
Index......Page 477