Vertebrate life /

By:

Pough, F. Harvey

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi. : Prentice Hall India, c1996.Edition: 4th edDescription: xvii, 798 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), mapsISBN:

9788120314863
8120314867
0023963700

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DDC classification:

596 POU

Contents:

The diversity, evolution, and classification of vertebrates -- The origin of vertebrates -- Vertebrate organ systems and their evolution -- Homeostasis and energetics: water balance, temperature regulation, and energy use -- Geography and ecology from the Cambrian to the Mid-Devonian -- Aquatic vertebrates: cartilaginous and bony fishes -- The rise of jawed vertebrates and the radiation of the chondrichthyes -- Dominating life in water: teleostomes and the major radiation of fishes -- Geography and ecology from the Mid-Devonian to Late Permian -- Origin and radiation of tetrapods in the Late Paleozoic -- Salamanders, Anurans, and Caecilians -- Turtles -- Mesozoic diapsids: nonavian dinosaurs, birds, crocodilians, and others -- Geography and ecology of the Mesozoic -- The Lepidosaurs: tuatara, lizards, amphisbaenians, and snakes -- Ectothermy: a low-cost approach to life -- Characteristics of birds: specializations for flight -- The ecology and behavior of birds -- The synapsida and the evolution of mammals -- Geography and ecology of the Cenozoic -- Characteristics of mammals -- Endothermy: a high-energy approach to life -- Body size, ecology, and sociality of mammals -- Humans as vertebrates.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Reference Books	Main Library Reference	Permanent Reference	596 POU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		008887

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Includes Index

The diversity, evolution, and classification of vertebrates --
The origin of vertebrates --
Vertebrate organ systems and their evolution --
Homeostasis and energetics: water balance, temperature regulation, and energy use --
Geography and ecology from the Cambrian to the Mid-Devonian --
Aquatic vertebrates: cartilaginous and bony fishes --
The rise of jawed vertebrates and the radiation of the chondrichthyes --
Dominating life in water: teleostomes and the major radiation of fishes --
Geography and ecology from the Mid-Devonian to Late Permian --
Origin and radiation of tetrapods in the Late Paleozoic --
Salamanders, Anurans, and Caecilians --
Turtles --
Mesozoic diapsids: nonavian dinosaurs, birds, crocodilians, and others --
Geography and ecology of the Mesozoic --
The Lepidosaurs: tuatara, lizards, amphisbaenians, and snakes --
Ectothermy: a low-cost approach to life --
Characteristics of birds: specializations for flight --
The ecology and behavior of birds --
The synapsida and the evolution of mammals --
Geography and ecology of the Cenozoic --
Characteristics of mammals --
Endothermy: a high-energy approach to life --
Body size, ecology, and sociality of mammals --
Humans as vertebrates.

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