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Vertebrates / by Silverstein, Alvin.(CARDINAL)142049; Silverstein, Virginia B.(CARDINAL)140135; Silverstein, Robert A.(CARDINAL)154495;
Discusses the subphylum of animals with backbones.
Subjects: Vertebrates;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Vertebrates / by Aaseng, Nathan.(CARDINAL)138538;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-106) and index.Examines fish, reptiles, mammals, and other animals with backbones, noting both their similarities and their differences.
Subjects: Vertebrates;
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Vertebrates / by Hibbert, Clare,1970-author.(CARDINAL)349341; Farkas, Rudolf,illustrator.(CARDINAL)413942;
Most readers are familiar with small lizards they see at the zoo and the fluffy pet mammals they may keep, from dogs to bunnies. But in prehistoric times, some reptiles and mammals were enormous, terrifying creatures! In this volume, readers can discover reptiles, mammals, sea creatures, and birds of the prehistoric era they may have never heard of. Fascinating details accompany illustrations of what each creature was likely to look like, and what it would have eaten, where it lived, and its size. A concluding timeline aids understanding of prehistory.
Subjects: Animals, Fossil; Vertebrates, Fossil;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Vertebrates / by O'Hare, Ted,1961-(CARDINAL)667355;
Includes bibliographical references (page 24) and index.Vertebrates -- Kinds of vertebrates -- Vertebrate habits -- Where vertebrates live -- Vertebrate bodies -- Amazing vertebrates -- Predator and prey -- Baby vertebrates -- People and vertebrates.Accelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Vertebrates;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Vertebrates / by Petersen, Christine.(CARDINAL)277570;
Includes bibliographical references (page 119) and index.A close look at past and present vertebrates, including fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals.
Subjects: Vertebrates;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Vertebrates : comparative anatomy, function, evolution / by Kardong, Kenneth V.(CARDINAL)731949;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Anatomy, Comparative.; Vertebrates; Vertebrates; Vertebrates; Anatomie comparée.; Vertébrés; Vertébrés; Vertébrés;
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Every creeping thing : true tales of faintly repulsive wildlife / by Conniff, Richard,1951-(CARDINAL)327385;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-243) and index.Introduction: healthy terror -- Days of torpor, nights of sloth -- The devilbird of Nonsuch -- The cave of the bats -- Good scents -- Looking for Mr. Griz -- What's nice? Mice -- Cormorant heaven -- Acting like animals -- A mouse like a spear -- Sharks, part one: great white hunter -- Sharks, part two: how sharks got into such deep soup -- A porcupine would rather be left alone -- Notes from the underground -- Jungle days -- Sleeping with snapping turtles -- Epilogue: black hound.
Subjects: Vertebrates.; Vertebrates;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Vertebrate biology / by Linzey, Donald W.(CARDINAL)317101;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-554) and index.1. The vertebrate story -- Vertebrate features -- Body form -- Integument -- Skeleton -- Respiration -- Circulation -- Digestion -- Nervous system -- Endocrine system -- Kidney excretion -- Reproduction -- Growth and development -- Role of vertebrates -- Discovering new vertebrate species -- 2. Systematics and vertebrate evolution -- Binomial nomenclature -- Classification -- Aristotelean essentialism -- Evolutionary (classical or traditional) classification -- Phenetic (numerical) classification -- Cladistic (phylogenetic) classification -- Evolution -- Species and speciation -- Geographic variation -- Molecular evolution -- 3. Vertebrate zoogeography -- Introduction -- Geographic distribution -- Geologic distribution -- Climatic changes -- Ecological distribution -- Changes caused by human activity -- 4. Early Chordates and jawless fishes -- Introduction -- Calcichordates -- Conodonts -- Early Cambrian fishlike fossils -- Evolution -- Morphology --Reproduction -- Growth and development -- 5. Gnathostome fishes -- Evolution -- Evolution of jaws -- Evolution of paired fins -- Acanthodians and placoderms -- Chrondichthyes -- Osteichtyes -- Morphology -- Reproduction -- Prenatal development -- Duration of embryonic development -- Hatching and birth -- Parental care -- Growth and metamorphosis -- Attainment of sexual maturity -- Longevity -- 6. Amphibians -- Introduction -- Evolution -- Labyrinthodontia -- Lepospondyli -- Lissamphibia -- Morphology -- Reproduction -- Oviparous -- Viviparous -- Duration of embryonic development -- Hatching and birth -- Parental care -- Growth and metamorphosis -- Attainment of sexual maturity -- Longevity -- 7. Evolution of reptiles -- Introduction -- Evolution -- Ancestral reptiles -- Dinosaur nests and eggs -- Ancient and living reptiles -- Ancestral birds -- Modern birds -- Origin of flight -- 8. Morphology, reproduction, and development of turtles, tuataras, lizards, snakes, crocodilians, and birds -- Turtles, tuataras, lizards and snakes -- Morphology -- Reproduction -- Prenatal development -- Duration of embryonic development -- Hatching and birth -- Parental care -- Growth -- Attainment of sexual maturity -- Longevity -- Crocodilians and birds (archosaurs) -- Morphology -- Reproduction -- Prenatal development -- Duration of embryonic development -- Hatching -- Parental care -- Growth -- Attainment of sexual maturity -- Longevity --9. Mammals -- Introduction -- Evolution -- Morphology -- Reproduction -- Prenatal development (oviparous) -- Prenatal development (viviparous) -- Duration of embryonic / fetal development -- Hatching and birth -- Parental care -- Growth -- Attainment of sexual maturity -- Longevity -- 10. Population dynamics -- Introduction -- Population density -- Reproductive (biotic) potential -- Environmental resistance -- Density-dependent factors -- Density-independent factors -- Cycles -- Irruptions -- 11. Movements -- Introduction -- Home range -- Dispersal / invasion -- Migration -- Microgeograhic (short-distance) migration -- Altitudinal migration -- Macrogeograpic (long-distance) migration -- Navigational cues used in migration -- Homing -- Emigration -- 12. Intraspecific behavior and ecology -- Introduction -- Social interactions -- Sensory reception and communication -- Olfaction -- Sound -- Vision -- Tactile signals -- Electrical signals -- Feeding behavior -- Torpor (dormancy) -- Winter survival and hibernation -- Estivation -- 13. Interspecific interactions -- Introduction -- Competition -- Symbiosis -- Commensalism -- Mutualism -- Parasitism -- Predation -- Human interactions -- 14. Techniques for ecological and behavioral studies -- Introduction -- Capture techniques -- Identification techniques -- Marking -- Tagging -- Photography -- Radio transmitters -- Satellite tracking -- Mapping techniques -- Censusing techniques -- Aging techniques -- 15. Extinction and extirpation -- Introduction -- Natural extinction -- Permian -- Triassic -- Cretaceous -- Human impacts on extirpation and extinction -- Declining amphibians -- Cape buffalo and lions -- Effects of introduced species -- Restoring endangered species -- Fish farming and sea lice -- Water pollution (oil and toxic chemicals) -- Commercial fisheries (gill-nets and shrimp nets) -- Effects of whaling -- International Trade -- Ingestion of human-related debris -- Highways -- 16. Conservation and management -- Introduction -- Regulatory legislation affecting vertebrates in the United States -- Endangered species in the United States -- Sanctuaries and refuges -- Value of museum collections -- Wildlife conservation in a modern world -- Wildlife management in a modern world -- Appendix A. Classification of living vertebrates -- Appendix B. Endangered vertebrate species in the United States and/or Trust Territories -- Appendix C. Common names for the sexes, young, and groups of animals.This single-authored text, now in its second edition, offers a cohesive, detailed presentation suitable for a college-level course. Linzey (biology, Wytheville Community College has thoroughly updated this comprehensive survey. Coverage includes systematic and evolution; zoogeography, ecology, morphology, and reproduction; early chordates; fish, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals; population dynamics; movement and migration; behavior; and extinction processes, among other topics. Illustrations are in black & white. A glossary and an extensive bibliography are included.
Subjects: Vertebrates.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Fossil vertebrates / by Patterson, Colin,editor.(CARDINAL)297878; Greenwood, Peter Humphry,editor.(CARDINAL)337070; White, Errol Ivor,1901-1985.(CARDINAL)337069;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: White, Errol Ivor, 1901-1985.; Vertebrates, Fossil.;
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Astonishing animals : extraordinary creatures and the fantastic worlds they inhabit / by Flannery, Tim F.(Tim Fridtjof),1956-(CARDINAL)183044; Schouten, Peter.(CARDINAL)334221;
MARCIVE 12/19/07Life: a brief biography -- Vertical terrain -- Motion specialists -- Food and feeding -- Shape-shifters -- Habitat specialists -- Vertical ocean.Superbly illustrated in lifelike full-color paintings, Astonishing Animals details ninety of the world's most amazing animals from around the world. In this book you will find the hairy seadevil, the spectacular Sulawesi naked bat, and, in the depths of the limestone caves in Slovenia, the olm, a pink, four-legged, sightless salamander that lives for a hundred years. In fascinating vignettes, Flannery offers the true evolutionary tale of how each of these bizarre creatures came to look the way they do. Alongside each historical account is a stunning hand-painted color reproduction by Schouten. Astonishing Animals is a remarkable collection of the world's most incredible creatures and the stories behind their remarkable survival into a modern age.
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Vertebrates.; Vertebrates;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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