Research Catalog
Herpetology
- Title
- Herpetology / F. Harvey Pough [and others].
- Publication
- Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, [1998], ©1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | QL641 .H47 1998 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Pough, F. Harvey.
- Description
- xi, 577 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm
- Subject
- Herpetology
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 493-544) and indexes.
- Contents
- Pt. I. What Are Amphibians and Reptiles? 1. Herpetology as a Field of Study. 2. The Place of Amphibians and Reptiles in Vertebrate Evolution. 3. Classification and Diversity of Extant Amphibians. 4. Classification and Diversity of Extant Reptiles -- Pt. II. How Do They Work? 5. Temperature and Water Relations. 6. Energetics and Performance. 7. Reproduction and Life History. 8. Body Support and Locomotion. 9. Feeding -- Pt. III. What Do They Do? 10. Movements and Orientation. 11. Communication. 12. Mating Systems and Sexual Selection. 13. Foraging Ecology and Interspecific Interactions. 14. Species Assemblages -- Pt. IV. What Are Their Prospects for Survival? 15. Conservation and the Future of Amphibians and Reptiles.
- ISBN
- 0138508763
- LCCN
- 97019347
- OCLC
- ocm36776533
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries