Vertebrate Life

by WilliamN.McFarland (Author), F . Harvey Pough (Author), JohnB.Heiser (Author), F . Harvey Pough (Editor)

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  Paperback
  1995

  $3.24

  Featuring comprehensive coverage and a clear writing style, this textbook integrates the ecology, behaviour, morphology and physiology of vertebrates in a phylogenetic context. It focuses on how animals work and the consequences - in ecological and evolutionary time - of working one way versus another. This updated edition reflects advances in the discipline.

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  Paperback
  2008

  $3.24

  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 Eighth 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.

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  Hardcover
  2001

  $3.24

  For courses in Vertebrate Zoology, Vertebrate Biology Function, and Paleontology.

  Widely praised for its comprehensive coverage and exceptionally clear writing style, this best-selling exploration of vertebrate life is the only accurate and up-to-date treatment of vertebrates that employs a phylogenetic perspective and focuses on how vertebrates work, integrating ecology, behavior, anatomy, and physiology in an evolutionary context.