Tapdoles - The Biology of Anuran Larvae

Informationen zum Autor Roy W. McDiarmid is a research zoologist and curator of amphibians and reptiles for the U.S. Geological Survey! Patuxent Wildlife Research Center! at the National Museum of Natural History. Ronald Altig is a professor of biological science at Mississippi State University. Klappentext In this invaluable reference! leading experts relate what we currently know about tadpoles and what we might learn from them in the future! lending insight into disciplines as diverse as molecular systematics! animal behavior! and ecology. "Tadpoles" provides detailed summaries of issues such as morphology and development; explores the evolutionary consequences of the tadpole stage; and presents a standardized terminology and an exhaustive literature review of the field. Zusammenfassung This reference provides summaries of tadpole morphology! development! behaviour! ecology and environmental physiology; explores the evolutionary consequences of the tadpole stage; synthesizes information on their biodiversity; and presents a terminology and literature review of tadpole biology.

Product details

• Authors: Roy W. McDiarmid
• Assisted by: Ronald Altig (Editor), Altig Ronald (Editor), Roy W. McDiarmid (Editor), McDiarmid Roy W. (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.11.2000
• EAN: 9780226557632
• ISBN: 978-0-226-55763-2
• No. of pages: 460
• Dimensions: 215 mm x 280 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Biology of Anuran Larvae
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Animal behaviour, amphibians, Animal Ecology, Ethology and animal behaviour, Zoology and animal sciences, Zoology: amphibians and reptiles (herpetology)