Biology of amphibians
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Biology of amphibians
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994
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Originally published: New York : McGraw-Hill, c1986. With new pref
Includes bibliographical references (p. 557-610) and index
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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.
Table of Contents
- Introduction to amphibia - the world of amphibians, historical resume, prospects for the future. Part 1 Life History: reproductive strategies - reproductive cycles, reproductive mode, quantitative aspects, parental care, evolution of reproductive strategies
- courtship and mating - location of breeding site, secondary sexual characters, courtship behaviour, fertilization and oviposition, sexual selection, evolution of mating systems
- vocalization - anuran communication system, mechanisms of sound production and reception, kinds of vocalizations and their functions, abiotic factors affecting vocalization, interspecific significance of vocalization, phylogenetic implications of vocalization
- eggs and development - spermatozoa and fertilization, egg structure, egg development, hatching and birth, development and amphibian diversity
- larvae - morphology of larvae, adaptive types of larvae, physiology and ecology, social behaviour, evolutionary significance of larvae
- metamorphosis - endocrine control, other biochemical changes, morphological changes, neoteny, ecological and evolutionary significance of metamorphosis. Part 2 Ecology: relationships with the environment - water economy, temperature, gas exchange, energy metabolism and energy budgets, ecological synthesis
- food and feeding - prey selection, location of prey, capture of prey, evolution of prey-capturing mechanisms and strategies
- enemies and defence - diseases, parasites, predators, anti-predator mechanisms, evolution of defence mechanisms
- population biology - characteristics of individuals, movements and territoriality, demography, factors regulating populations
- community ecology and species diversity - community structure, species diversity, evolution of amphibian communities. Part 3 Morphology: musculoskeletal system - skull and hyobranchium, axial system, appendicular system, integration of functional units
- integumentary, sensory and visceral systems - integument, sensory receptor systems, nervous system, circulatory and respiratory systems, urogenital system, digestive system, endocrine glands, evolutionary considerations. Part 4 Evolution: origin and early evolution - nature of a tetrapod, primitive tetrapods, tetrapod affinities (lungfishes or lobe-fins?), diversity and evolution of early tetrapods, status of the lissamphibia
- cytogenetic, molecular and genomic evolution - cytogenetics, molecular evolution, genomic evolution
- phylogeny - caudata, gymnophiona, anura
- biogeography - biogeographic principles, historical setting, lissamphibia, caudata, gymnophiona, anura
- classification.
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