Vertebrate life / (Record no. 38640)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9788120314863
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ISBN 8120314867
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ISBN 0023963700
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 596
Item number POU
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Pough, F. Harvey.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Vertebrate life /
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 4th ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication New Delhi. :
Name of publisher Prentice Hall India,
Year of publication c1996.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages xvii, 798 p., [4] p. of plates :
Other physical details ill. (some col.), maps ;
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes Index
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note The diversity, evolution, and classification of vertebrates --<br/>The origin of vertebrates --<br/>Vertebrate organ systems and their evolution --<br/>Homeostasis and energetics: water balance, temperature regulation, and energy use --<br/>Geography and ecology from the Cambrian to the Mid-Devonian --<br/>Aquatic vertebrates: cartilaginous and bony fishes --<br/>The rise of jawed vertebrates and the radiation of the chondrichthyes --<br/>Dominating life in water: teleostomes and the major radiation of fishes --<br/>Geography and ecology from the Mid-Devonian to Late Permian --<br/>Origin and radiation of tetrapods in the Late Paleozoic --<br/>Salamanders, Anurans, and Caecilians --<br/>Turtles --<br/>Mesozoic diapsids: nonavian dinosaurs, birds, crocodilians, and others --<br/>Geography and ecology of the Mesozoic --<br/>The Lepidosaurs: tuatara, lizards, amphisbaenians, and snakes --<br/>Ectothermy: a low-cost approach to life --<br/>Characteristics of birds: specializations for flight --<br/>The ecology and behavior of birds --<br/>The synapsida and the evolution of mammals --<br/>Geography and ecology of the Cenozoic --<br/>Characteristics of mammals --<br/>Endothermy: a high-energy approach to life --<br/>Body size, ecology, and sociality of mammals --<br/>Humans as vertebrates.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Vertebrates.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Vertebrates, Fossil.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Heiser, John B.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name McFarland, William N.
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Reference Books
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Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Full call number Accession Number Koha item type
Permanent Reference Main Library Main Library Reference   Purchased 987.50 596 POU 008887 Reference Books

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