It will be a benchmark for studies on one of the leading vertebrate palaeontologists of his generation. Arranged logically to follow the most widely adopted course structure, this text will leave students with a full understanding of the unique structure, function, and living patterns of all vertebrates.
This is a major new textbook that is intended to lead students away from purely descriptive zoology courses into an experimental approach that emphasizes asking and answering questions about nature. The book gives a panoramic view of vertebrate life, classification, ecology and behaviour. Section I of the book describes the major groups of vertebrates and their origins.
The second section covers classification and its methodology. Section III describes the ecology of vertebrates from two standpoints: how individuals cope with environmental extremes, and principles of population and community ecology as illustrated by experiments carried out in the field. Section IV describes the geographic distribution of vertebrates. The fifth section discusses migration. Vertebrate behaviour is the subject of the final section and covers observations and the theories and experiments they have inspired.
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You have successfully signed out and will be required to sign back in should you need to download more resources. This title is out of print. Vertebrate Life, 9th Edition. Janis, Brown University John B. Heiser, Cornell University. Availability This title is out of print. Description For courses in Vertebrate Zoology, Vertebrate Biology Function, and Paleontology Widely praised for its comprehensive coverage and exceptionally clear writing style, this best-selling text explores how the anatomy, physiology, ecology, and behavior of animals interact to produce organisms that function effectively in their environments and how lineages of organisms change through evolutionary time.
Phylogenetic perspective on treatment of organ systems and functions:. Integrates information about changes in structures or organ systems with physiological and behavioral characteristics of vertebrates in a phylogenetic context. New to This Edition. Highlights of new and updated content: Extensive treatment is given to new molecular information about the relationships of vertebrates, and the biology of jawless vertebrates lampreys and hagfishes and their relationship to jawed vertebrates Chapter 3.
Content on sharks Chapter 5 and bony fishes Chapter 6 has been completely rewritten and bolstered with new topics. The most recent information about the conservation status of vertebrates has been included throughout the book. Specific threats, such as the Bd epidemic that causing extinction of amphibians and the effects of climate change, are treated at length in Chapter 10, the World Organization for Animal Health the epidemics are ranavirus disease and chitridiomycosis; also, Chapter 25 covers other major threats—habitat destruction, pollution, over-hunting.
Most of the literature citations are from and New Discussion Questions and relevant web sites are now listed at the end of each chapter. Suggested answers to the discussion questions are available for Instructors to download from the Pearson Instructor Resource Center.
Table of Contents I. The Diversity, Classification, and Evolution of Vertebrates 2. Vertebrate Relationships and Basic Structure 3. Living in Water 5. Radiation of the Chondrichthyes 6. Geography and Ecology of the Paleozoic Era 8. Living on Land 9. Origin and Radiation of Tetrapods Turtles
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