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The terrestrial invasion : an ecophysiological approach to the origins of land animals

Title: The terrestrial invasion : an ecophysiological approach to the origins of land animals / Colin Little.
Author: Little, Colin, 1939-
Publication: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.

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Description

ix, 304 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Cambridge studies in ecology

Uniform Title

Cambridge studies in ecology

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-294) and index.

Contents

Part 1: Introduction: Perspective -- Problems: terrestrial versus aquatic habitats -- The evidence -- Part 2: Routes on to land -- The origins of terrestrial animals in relation to salt and water balance -- Muddy and sandy shores: interstitial fauna and the burrowers -- Saltmarshes and mangrove swamps as route on to land -- Rocky and shingle shores as route on to land -- The freshwater route to land -- Part 3: Life on land: Terrestrial adaptations -- Terrestrial ecosystems.

ISBN

0521334470
9780521334471
0521336694
9780521336697

LCCN

89017471

OCLC

ocm20089242
20089242
SCSB-1889322

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library