Biology of AmphibiansJHU Press, 1994 - 670 pàgines This is the widely acclaimed, preeminent reference and text on all aspects of amphibian biology, including their life history, ecology, morphology, and evolution. Copiously illustrated with original drawings and photographs and meticulously referenced with more than 2,500 bibliographic entries, it has proved indispensable to professional biologists and students alike. Now reissued in paperback with an updated preface by the authors, Biology of Amphibians remains the standard work in its field. |
Continguts
Chapter | 1 |
Chapter 3 | 51 |
VOCALIZATION | 87 |
EGGS AND DEVELOPMENT | 109 |
LARVAE | 141 |
METAMORPHOSIS | 173 |
ECOLOGY | 195 |
FOOD AND FEEDING | 229 |
INTEGUMENTARY SENSORY AND VISCERAL SYSTEMS | 367 |
EVOLUTION | 415 |
CYTOGENETIC MOLECULAR AND GENOMIC EVOLUTION | 445 |
PHYLOGENY | 461 |
BIOGEOGRAPHY | 477 |
Gymnophiona | 485 |
CLASSIFICATION | 493 |
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Frases i termes més freqüents
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 598 - In : SM Andrews, RS Miles and AD Walker (eds.), Problems in Vertebrate Evolution, Linn.
Pàgina 607 - Bull. 28:37-55. . 1952. A review of the frogs and toads of Costa Rica. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull.
Pàgina 589 - Lillywhite, HB, P. Licht, and P. Chelgren, 1973, The role of behavioral thermorégulation in the growth energetics of the toad, Bufo bóreas, Ecology, 54:375-383.
Pàgina 587 - A. 1924. Anatomical and physiological changes in the digestive system during metamorphosis in Rana pipiens and Amblystoma tigrium.
Pàgina 595 - JW 1976. Preliminary evaluation of skin toxins and vocalizations in taxonomic and evolutionary studies of poison-dart frogs (Dendrobatidae). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.
Pàgina 592 - Schreber, in Northern Michigan. Ecology 46: 236-255. 27. SHOOP, CR 1965. Orientation of Ambystoma maculatum: Movements to and from breeding ponds. Science 149: 558-559. 28. MADISON, DM & CR SHOOP. 1970. Homing behavior, orientation and home range of salamanders tagged with tantalum-182. Science 168: 1484-1487. 29. FERGUSON, DE 1967. Sun-compass orientation in anurans, p. 21 to 34. In RM Storm, Ed. Animal orientation and navigation. Oregon State Univ. Press, Corvallis, Oregon. 30. ADLER, HE 1970....
Pàgina 568 - Relationship of the herpetofaunas of the non-dipterocarp communities to that of the dipterocarp forest on southern Negros Island, Philippines, Sendcen.
Pàgina 568 - Populations of amphibians and reptiles in the submontane and montane forests of Cuernos de Negros, Philippine Islands.
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The Food Web of a Tropical Rain Forest Douglas P. Reagan,Robert B. Waide Previsualització limitada - 1996 |
The Skull, Volume 2: Patterns of Structural and Systematic Diversity James Hanken,Brian K. Hall Previsualització limitada - 1993 |