Research Catalog
Herpetology
- Title
- Herpetology / F. Harvey Pough [and others].
- Publication
- Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson/Prentice Hall, [2004], ©2004.
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- Additional Authors
- Pough, F. Harvey.
- Description
- ix, 726 pages : illustrations, maps (some color); 26 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 635-699) and indexes.
- Contents
- Pt. I. What Are Amphibians and Reptiles? -- Ch. 1. Herpetology As a Field of Study -- Ch. 2. The Place of Amphibians and Reptiles in Vertebrate Evolution -- Ch. 3. Systematics and Diversity of Extant Amphibians -- Ch. 4. Systematics and Diversity of Extant Reptiles -- Ch. 5. The Biogeography of Amphibians and Reptiles -- Pt. II. How Do They Work? -- Ch. 6. Temperature and Water Relations -- Ch. 7. Energetics and Performance -- Ch. 8. Reproduction and Life Histories of Amphibians -- Ch. 9. Reproduction and Life Histories of Reptiles -- Ch. 10. Body Support and Locomotion -- Ch. 11. Feeding -- Pt. III. What Do They Do? -- Ch. 12. Movements and Orientation -- Ch. 13. Communication -- Ch. 14. Mating Systems and Sexual Selection -- Ch. 15. Diets, Foraging, and Interactions with Parasites and Predators -- Ch. 16. Species Assemblages -- Pt. IV. What Are Their Prospects for Survival? -- Ch. 17. Conservation and the Future of Amphibians and Reptiles.
- ISBN
- 0131008498
- LCCN
- 2003051716
- OCLC
- ocm52121541
- SCSB-5200974
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries