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ISBN 10: 0321773365
ISBN 13: 978-0321773364
Author: F. Harvey Pough, Christine M. Janis, John B. Heiser
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. The Ninth Edition features dozens of new figures and photos, updated information from molecular data and evolutionary development, and expanded discussions on global climate change, extinction, and conservation.
Table of contents:
PART I: Vertebrate Diversity, Function, and Evolution
1.1 The Vertebrate Story
1.3 Phylogenetic Systematics
1.4 The Problem with Fossils: Crown and Stem Groups
1.5 Evolutionary Hypotheses
1.6 Earth History and Vertebrate Evolution
Discussion Questions
Additional Information
2.1 Vertebrates in Relation to Other Animals
2.2 Definition of a Vertebrate
2.3 Basic Vertebrate Structure
Discussion Questions
Additional Information
3.1 Reconstructing the Biology of the Earliest Vertebrates
3.2 Extant Jawless Fishes
3.3 The Importance of Extant Jawless Vertebrates in Understanding Ancient Vertebrates
3.5 The Basic Gnathostome Body Plan
3.6 The Transition from Jawless to Jawed Vertebrates
3.7 Extinct Paleozoic Jawed Fishes
Summary
Additional Information
PART II: Non-Amniotic Vertebrates: Fishes and Amphibians
4.1 The Aquatic Environment
4.2 Water and the Sensory World of Fishes
4.4 Exchange of Water and Ions
4.5 Responses to Temperature
4.6 Body Size and Surface/Volume Ratio
Summary
Additional Information
5.1 Chondrichthyes—The Cartilaginous Fishes
5.3 The Paleozoic Chondrichthyan Radiation
5.4 The Early Mesozoic Elasmobranch Radiation
5.5 Extant Lineages of Elasmobranchs
5.6 Batoidea: Skates and Rays
5.7 Holocephali—The Little Known Chondrichthyans
Discussion Questions
Additional Information
6.1 The Origin of Bony Fishes
6.2 Evolution of the Actinopterygii
6.3 Extant Actinopterygii—Ray-Finned Fishes
6.4 Locomotion in Water
6.5 Actinopterygian Reproduction
6.6 The Adaptable Fishes—Teleosts in Contrasting Environments
6.7 Conservation of Fishes
6.8 Sarcopterygii—The Lobe-Finned Fishes
Discussion Questions
Additional Information
7.1 Earth History, Changing Environments, and Vertebrate Evolution
7.2 Continental Geography of the Paleozoic
7.3 Paleozoic Climates
7.4 Paleozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems
7.5 Paleozoic Extinctions
Additional Information
8.1 Support and Locomotion on Land
8.2 Eating on Land
8.5 Pumping Blood Uphill
8.6 Sensory Systems in Air
8.8 Controlling Body Temperature in a Changing Environment
Summary
Additional Information
9.1 Tetrapod Origins
9.2 Radiation and Diversity of Non-Amniotic Paleozoic Tetrapods
9.3 Amniotes
Summary
Additional Information
10.1 Amphibians
10.2 Diversity of Life Histories of Amphibians
10.3 Amphibian Metamorphosis
10.4 Exchange of Water and Gases
10.5 Poison Glands and Other Defense Mechanisms
10.7 Why Are Amphibians Vanishing?
Discussion Questions
Additional Information
PART III: Sauropsida: Turtles, Lepidosaurs, and Archosaurs
11 Synapsids and Sauropsids: Two Approaches to Terrestrial Life
11.1 Sustained Locomotion
11.2 Gas Exchange
11.3 Structure of the Heart
11.4 Endothermy
11.5 Kidneys and Bladder
11.6 Sensory Systems
Discussion Questions
Additional Information
12.1 Everyone Recognizes a Turtle
12.2 Phylogenetic Relationships of Turtles
12.3 Turtle Structure and Function
12.4 Ecology and Behavior of Turtles
12.5 Reproductive Biology
12.6 Hatching and Behavior
12.7 Conservation of Turtles
Summary
Additional Information
13.1 Lepidosaurs
13.2 Sphenodontids and Tuatara
13.3 Squamates
13.4 Ecology and Behavior
13.5 Behavioral Thermoregulation
13.6 Temperature and Ecology
Summary
Additional Information
14.1 Vertebrates and Their Environments
14.2 Desert Adaptations
14.3 Cold Adaptations
14.4 Role in Ecosystems
Discussion Questions
Additional Information
15 Geography and Ecology of the Mesozoic Era
15.2 Terrestrial Ecosystems
15.3 Climates
15.4 Extinctions
Additional Information
16.1 Mesozoic Fauna
16.3 Marine Lineages
16.4 Crocodylomorpha
16.5 Pterosauria
16.6 Dinosaurs
16.7 Herbivorous Dinosaurs
16.8 Carnivorous Dinosaurs
16.9 Birds
Discussion Questions
Additional Information
17.1 Early and Extant Birds
17.2 Structure of Birds
17.3 Wings and Flight
17.4 Hindlimbs
17.5 Feeding
17.6 Sensory Systems
17.7 Social Behavior
17.8 Mating Systems
17.9 Oviparity
17.10 Nests
17.11 Orientation and Navigation
17.12 Migration
Summary
Additional Information
PART IV: Synapsida: The Mammals
18.1 Origin of Synapsids
18.2 Nonmammalian Synapsids
18.3 Evolutionary Trends
18.4 First Mammals
18.5 Mesozoic Mammal Radiation
Summary
Additional Information
19 Geography and Ecology of the Cenozoic Era
19.1 Continental Geography
19.2 Terrestrial Ecosystems
19.3 Climates
19.4 Extinctions
Additional Information
20.1 Major Mammal Lineages
20.2 Ordinal Diversity
20.3 Shared Features
20.4 Differences Among Groups
20.5 Cenozoic Mammal Evolution
Additional Information
21.1 Mammalian Reproduction
21.2 Placental Specializations
21.3 Placental vs Marsupial Reproduction
21.4 Feeding
21.5 Locomotion
21.6 Aquatic Mammals
Discussion Questions
Additional Information
22.1 Endothermic Thermoregulation
22.2 Cold Adaptations
22.3 Heat Sharing
22.4 Facultative Heterothermy
22.5 Migration
22.6 Heat Adaptations
Discussion Questions
Additional Information
23.1 Social Behavior
23.2 Population Structure
23.3 Advantages of Sociality
23.4 Body Size and Diet
23.5 Horns and Antlers
23.6 Primate Societies
Additional Information
24.1 Primate Origins
24.2 Hominoidea
24.3 Human Evolution
24.4 Genus Homo
24.5 Human Characteristics
24.6 Contemporaneous Human Species
Discussion Questions
Additional Information
25 The Impact of Humans on Other Vertebrates
25.1 Pleistocene Extinctions
25.2 Recent Extinctions
25.3 Climate Change
25.4 Conservation Biology
25.5 Captive Breeding
25.6 Paradoxes of Conservation
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