Vertebrate biology : systematics, taxonomy, natural history, and conservation

Summary: "Donald Linzey's Vertebrate Biology is a comprehensive university-level textbook for a course in zoology or vertebrate biology. Expanded by two hundred pages for its third edition, Vertebrate Biology is arranged logically to follow the typical course outline; it systematically covers the taxonomy, anatomy, and behavior of the five phyla of vertebrate animals." --

Record details

ISBN: 9781421437330
ISBN: 1421437333
Physical Description: print
xiv, 694 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. The Vertebrate Story: An Overview -- 2. Systematics and Vertebrate Evolution -- 3. Early Chordates and Jawless Fishes -- 4. Gnathostome Fishes -- 5. Amphibians -- 6. Evolution of Reptiles -- 7. Morphology, Reproduction, and Development of Turtles, Tuataras, Lizards, and Snakes (Testudines and Lepidosauria) -- 8. Morphology, Reproduction, and Development of Crocodilians and Birds (Archosaurs) -- 9. Mammals -- 10. Vertebrate Zoogeography -- 11. Population Dynamics -- 12. Movements -- 13. Intraspecific Behavior and Ecology -- 14. Interspecific Interactions -- 15. Techniques for Ecological and Behavioral Studies -- 16. Extinction and Extirpation: Natural and Human-Caused -- 17. Restoration of Endangered Species -- 18. Regulatory Legislation Affecting Vertebrates -- 19. Wildlife in a Modern World: Threats and Conservation -- 20. Climate Change -- 21. Wildlife Management in a Modern World