The Invertebrates: A New Synthesis

by Peter P. Calow (Author), P. J. W. Olive (Author), R. S. K. Barnes (Author)

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  1993

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  The majority of undergraduate texts in invertebrate zoology fall into one of two categories. They either offer a systematic treatment of groups of animals phylum by phylum, or adopt a functional approach to the various invertebrate anatomical and physiological systems of the better known species. The Invertebrates: a New Synthesis is the first and only textbook to integrate both approaches and thus meet the modern teaching needs of the subject.

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  2000

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  Covering both surveys of the types of known invertebrates and their various functional systems, this book is primarily aimed at undergraduate students studying a general university course on invertebrate zoology. It will, however, also be of use as a general reference and in any other course in which invertebrates feature. The book concentrates on the essential organizational features of the various groups and different systems, and sets the material against an evolutionary background, thus presenting form and function in the light of the selective pressures and advantages which are associated with different body plans, life histories and behaviour.