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Integrated principles of zoology / Cleveland P. Hickman, Jr. [and others] ; original artwork by William C. Ober and Claire W. Garrison.

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Integrated principles of zoology / Cleveland P. Hickman, Jr. [and others] ; original artwork by William C. Ober and Claire W. Garrison.
Publication
Boston : McGraw-Hill, ©2004.

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Additional Authors
Hickman, Cleveland P., Jr.
Description
xxiii, 872 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm
Summary
[This] is a college text adaptable to any introductory course in zoology. [It] describes the diversity of animal life and the ... adaptations that enable animals to inhabit nearly all conceivable ecological niches.-Pref.
Subject
  • Zoology
  • Zoologie
  • Zoologie
Genre/Form
Einführung.
Note
  • Revised edition of: Integrated principles of zoology / Cleveland P. Hickman, Jr., Larry S. Roberts, Allan Larson. 11th ed. c2001.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction to living animals. Life : biological principles and the science of zoology -- Origin and chemistry of life -- Cells as units of life -- Cellular metabolism -- Continuity and evolution of animal life. Genetics : a review -- Organic evolution -- Reproductive process -- Principles of development -- Diversity of animal life. Architectural pattern of an animal -- Classification and phylogeny of animals -- Protozoan groups -- Mesozoa and parazoa -- Radiate animals -- Acoelomate bilateral animals -- Pseudocoelomate animals -- Molluscs -- Segmented worms -- Arthropods -- Aquatic mandibulates -- Terrestrial mandibulates -- Smaller protostome phyla -- Echinoderms and hemichordates -- Chordates -- Fishes -- Early tetrapods and modern amphibians -- Amniote origins and reptilian groups -- Birds -- Mammals -- Activity of life. Support, protection, and movement -- Homeostasis -- Internal fluids and respiration -- Digestion and nutrition -- Nervous coordination -- Chemical coordination -- Immunity -- Animal behavior -- Animals and their environment. Biosphere and animal distribution -- Animal ecology.
ISBN
  • 0072439408
  • 9780072439403
  • 0071214704
  • 9780071214704
  • 0071218564
  • 9780071218566
  • 0072942460
  • 9780072942460
LCCN
^^2003006561
OCLC
  • 51898758
  • SCSB-10005283
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library