Vertebrate Biology

Name: Vertebrate Biology
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ISBN: 9780697363879

ISBN-10: 0697363872

ISBN-13: 9780697363879

Edition: 2001

Authors: Donald W. Linzey

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List price: $140.31
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date: 7/25/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 552
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.036
Language: English

Preface to the Instructor	p. x
Preface to the Student	p. xiii
About the Author	p. xv
The Vertebrate Story: An Overview	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Vertebrate Features	p. 4
Role of Vertebrates	p. 18
Systematics and Vertebrate Evolution	p. 23
Introduction	p. 23
Binomial Nomenclature	p. 23
Classification	p. 25
Methods of Classification	p. 26
Evolution	p. 32
Vertebrate Zoogeography	p. 45
Introduction	p. 45
Distribution	p. 47
Marine	p. 55
Fresh Water	p. 58
Terrestrial	p. 60
Early Chordates and Jawless Fishes	p. 74
Introduction	p. 74
Calcichordates	p. 76
Conodonts	p. 76
Early Cambrian Fish-Like Fossils	p. 77
Evolution	p. 78
Morphology of Jawless Fishes	p. 82
Reproduction	p. 88
Growth and Development	p. 88
Gnathostome Fishes	p. 90
Introduction	p. 90
Evolution	p. 90
Morphology	p. 95
Reproduction	p. 121
Growth and Development	p. 125
Amphibians	p. 129
Introduction	p. 129
Evolution	p. 129
Morphology	p. 136
Reproduction	p. 158
Growth and Development	p. 161
Evolution of Reptiles	p. 169
Introduction	p. 169
Evolution	p. 169
Ancestral Reptiles	p. 169
Ancient and Living Reptiles	p. 173
Ancestral Birds	p. 191
Modern Birds	p. 195
Origin of Flight	p. 195
Reptiles: Morphology, Reproduction, and Development	p. 198
Introduction	p. 198
Turtles, Tuataras, Lizards, and Snakes: (Testudomorpha and Lepidosauromorpha)	p. 198
Morphology	p. 198
Reproduction	p. 218
Growth and Development	p. 222
Crocodilians and Birds (Archosauromorpha)	p. 226
Morphology	p. 226
Reproduction	p. 252
Growth and Development	p. 255
Mammals	p. 264
Introduction	p. 264
Evolution	p. 264
Morphology	p. 271
Reproduction	p. 314
Growth and Development	p. 317
Population Dynamics	p. 324
Introduction	p. 324
Population Density	p. 324
Reproductive (Biotic) Potential	p. 324
Environmental Resistance	p. 326
Cycles	p. 332
Irruptions	p. 335
Movements	p. 337
Introduction	p. 337
Home Range	p. 337
Dispersal/Invasion	p. 341
Migration	p. 343
Homing	p. 352
Emigration	p. 355
Intraspecific Behavior and Ecology	p. 357
Introduction	p. 357
Social Interactions	p. 357
Sensory Reception and Communication	p. 360
Feeding Behavior	p. 367
Torpor (Dormancy)	p. 368
Interspecific Interactions	p. 375
Introduction	p. 375
Competition	p. 375
Symbiosis	p. 377
Predation	p. 382
Human Interactions	p. 387
Techniques for Ecological and Behavioral Studies	p. 390
Introduction	p. 390
Capture Techniques	p. 391
Identification Techniques	p. 391
Mapping Techniques	p. 397
Censusing Techniques	p. 397
Aging Techniques	p. 398
Extinction and Extirpation	p. 402
Introduction	p. 402
Natural Extinction	p. 402
Human Impacts on Extirpation and Extinction	p. 409
Conservation and Management	p. 421
Introduction	p. 421
Regulatory Legislation Affecting Vertebrates in the United States	p. 421
Endangered Species in the United States	p. 423
Sanctuaries and Refuges	p. 424
Value of Museum Collections	p. 426
Wildlife Conservation in a Modern World	p. 427
Appendices	p. 443
Glossary	p. 459
Bibliography	p. 471
Credits	p. 504
Index	p. 509
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