The Invertebrates: A New Synthesis - Couverture rigide

Barnes, Richard. S. K.; Etc.; Calow, P.; Olive, P.J.W.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0632031255 ISBN 13 : 9780632031252

Editeur : Blackwell Science Ltd, 1993

Synopsis

This text integrates the treatment of groups of animals phylum by phylum with a functional approach to the various invertebrate anatomical and physiological systems of the better known species. It integrates a discussion of the evolutionary history of invertebrates with an illustrated description of all known invertebrate phyla. It distills the essential characteristics of each group with which the student should be familiar and lists diagnostic features to allow comparison between phyla. Form and function are presented from an evolutionary viewpoint in the light of selection pressures and advantages which are associated with different body plans, life-history and behaviour. This edition contains a new chapter on protozoa, expanded details on parasitism, the economic exploitation of invertebrates and size, shape and scaling. It also includes many new illustrations and the format of the book has been changed to offer students a more clear and accessible page layout.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Most textbooks of invertebrate zoology follow either a systematic or a functional approach. The Invertebrates is the first book to synthesise and integrate both approaches, describing the range and diversity of invertebrates and the way they work.

The first half of the gook describes all the known phyla of invertebrates with living representatives, together with the animal–like protists. Rather than describe all the anatomical features of different types of animals, the book distils only those essential characteristics of each group with which the student should be familiar. Lists of diagnostic features permit comparison between the phyla; the diversity of body plans illustrated by line figures of the different forms.

The second half of the book concentrates on the unifying features of invertebrate functional anatomy, physiology and behaviour, describing how the invertebrates display a range of solutions to the problems of living and reproduction. Throughout, form and function are presented from an evolutionary viewpoint, in the light of the selective pressures that have influenced and continue to mould invertebrate biology.

Présentation de l'éditeur

The majority of undergraduate texts in invertebrate zoology fall into one of two categories. They either offer a systematic treatment of groups of animals phylum by phylum, or adopt a functional approach to the various invertebrate anatomical and physiological systems of the better known species. The Invertebrates: a New Synthesis is the first and only textbook to integrate both approaches and thus meet the modern teaching needs of the subject

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Science Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0632031255
• ISBN 13: 9780632031252
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 576
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible