The ecology & behavior of amphibians / Kentwood D. Wells.
Material type: TextPublisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2007Description: xi, 1148 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0226893340
- 9780226893341
- 0226893359
- 9780226893358
- Ecology & behaviour of amphibians
- Ecology and behaviour of amphibians
- Ecology and behavior of amphibians [Spine title]
- 597.8 22
- QL641 .W35 2007
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 597.8 WEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A424669B |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Phylogeny, Classification, and Morphological Evolution -- 2. Water Relations -- 3. Temperature Relations -- 4. Respiration -- 5. Metabolism and Energetics -- 6. Movements and Orientation -- 7. Anuran Vocal Communication -- 8. Mating Systems and Sexual Selection in Anurans -- 9. Communication and Social Behavior of Urodeles and Caecilians -- 10. The Natural History of Amphibian Reproduction -- 11. Parental Care -- 12. The Ecology and Behavior of Amphibian Larvae -- 13. Complex Life Cycles and the Ecology of Amphibian Metamorphosis -- 14. Amphibians and Their Predators -- 15. The Ecology of Amphibian Communities -- 16. Conservation of Amphibians.
"Synthesizing seventy years of research on amphibian biology, herpetologist Kentwood D. Wells addresses all major areas of inquiry, including phylogeny, classification, and morphology; aspects of physiological ecology such as water and temperature relations, respiration, metabolism, and energetics; movements and orientation; communication and social behavior; reproduction and parental care; ecology and behavior of amphibian larvae and ecological aspects of metamorphosis; ecological impact of predation on amphibian populations and antipredator defenses; and aspects of amphibian community ecology. With an eye towards modern concerns, The Ecology and Behavior of Amphibians also includes a chapter devoted to amphibian conservation."--BOOK JACKET.
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