| Description |
xvi, 479 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: Class Monoplacophora -- Class Polyplacophora: Chitons -- Class Scaphopoda -- Class Gastropoda -- Class Bivalvia (Pelecypoda) -- Class Cephalopoda -- Phylogeny and Adaptive Diversification -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Selected References -- Custom Website -- ch. 11 Annelids and Allied Taxa -- Phylum Annelida -- Phylum Sipuncula -- Phylogeny and Adaptive Diversification -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Selected References -- Custom Website -- ch. 12 Smaller Ecdysozoans -- Phylum Nematoda: Roundworms -- Phylum Nematomorpha -- Phylum Kinorhyncha -- Phylum Priapulida -- Phylum Loricifera -- Clade Panarthropoda -- Phylum Onychophora -- Phylum Tardigrada -- Phylogeny and Adaptive Diversification -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Selected References -- Custom Website -- ch. 13 Arthropods -- Ecological Relationships -- Why Are Arthropods So Diverse and Abundant? -- Subphylum Trilobita -- Subphylum Chelicerata -- Subphylum Myriapoda -- Subphylum Crustacea -- |
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Contents note continued: Custom Website -- General References |
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Contents note continued: Review Questions -- Selected References -- Custom Website -- ch. 17 The Early Tetrapods and Modern Amphibians -- Movement onto Land -- Devonian Origin of Tetrapods -- Modern Amphibians -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Selected References -- Custom Website -- ch. 18 Amniote Origins and Nonavian Reptiles -- Origin and Early Evolution of Amniotes -- Characteristics and Natural History of Reptilian Orders -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Selected References -- Custom Website -- ch. 19 Birds -- Origin and Relationships -- Structural and Functional Adaptations for Flight -- Flight -- Migration and Navigation -- Social Behavior and Reproduction -- Humans and Bird Populations -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Selected References -- Custom Website -- ch. 20 Mammals -- Origin and Evolution of Mammals -- Structural and Functional Adaptations of Mammals -- Mammalian Populations -- Human Evolution -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Selected References -- |
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Contents note continued: Subphylum Hexapoda -- Phylogeny and Adaptive Diversification -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Selected References -- Custom Website -- ch. 14 Chaetognaths, Echinoderms, and Hemichordates -- Phylum Chaetognatha: Arrow Worms -- Phylum Xenoturbellida -- Clade Ambulacraria -- Phylum Echinodermata -- Phylum Hemichordata -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Selected References -- Custom Website -- ch. 15 Vertebrate Beginnings: The Chordates -- Traditional and Cladistic Classification of the Chordates -- Five Chordate Hallmarks -- Ancestry and Evolution -- Subphylum Urochordata (Tunicata) -- Subphylum Cephalochordata -- Subphylum Vertebrata (Craniata) -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Selected References -- Custom Website -- ch. 16 Fishes -- Ancestry and Relationships of Major Groups of Fishes -- Living Jawless Fishes -- Cartilaginous Fishes: Class Chondrichthyes -- Bony Fishes: The Osteichthyes -- Structural and Functional Adaptations of Fishes -- Summary -- |
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Contents note continued: ch. 4 Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Animals -- Linnaeus and Taxonomy -- Species -- Taxonomic Characters and Reconstruction of Phylogeny -- Theories of Taxonomy -- Major Divisions of Life -- Major Subdivisions of the Animal Kingdom -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Selected References -- Custom Website -- ch. 5 Protozoan Groups (Unicellular Eukaryotes) -- Form and Function -- Protozoan Taxa -- Phylogeny and Adaptive Diversification -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Selected References -- Custom Website -- ch. 6 Sponges: Phylum Porifera -- Ecological Relationships -- Form and Function -- Brief Survey of Sponges -- Phylogeny and Adaptive Diversification -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Selected References -- Custom Website -- ch. 7 Radiate Animals: Cnidarians and Ctenophores -- Phylum Cnidaria -- Phylum Ctenophora -- Phylogeny and Adaptive Diversification -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Selected References -- Custom Website -- |
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Contents note continued: ch. 8 Acoelomorpha, Platyzoa, and Mesozoa: Flatworms, Gastrotrichs, Gnathiferans, and Mesozoans -- Phylum Acoelomorpha -- Clade Platyzoa -- Phylum Platyhelminthes -- Phylum Gastrotricha -- Clade Gnathifera -- Phylum Gnathostomulida -- Phylum Micrognathozoa -- Phylum Rotifera -- Phylum Acanthocephala -- Phylum Mesozoa -- Phylogeny and Adaptive Diversification -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Selected References -- Custom Website -- ch. 9 Polyzoa and Kryptrochozoa: Cycliophora, Entoprocta, Ectoprocta, Brachiopoda, Phoronida, and Nemertea -- Clade Polyzoa -- Phylum Cycliophora -- Phylum Entoprocta -- Phylum Entoprocta -- Clade Brachiozoa -- Phylum Brachiopoda -- Phylum Phoronida -- Phylum Nemertea (Rhynchocoela) -- Phylogeny and Adaptive Diversification -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Selected References -- Custom Website -- ch. 10 Molluscs -- Ecological Relationships -- Economic Importance -- Form and Function -- Classes Caudofoveata and Solenogastres -- |
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Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Science of Zoology and Evolution of Animal Diversity -- Principles of Science -- Origins of Darwinian Evolutionary Theory -- Darwin's Theory of Evolution -- Evidence for Darwin's Five Theories of Evolution -- Revisions of Darwinian Evolutionary Theory -- Microevolution: Genetic Variation and Change Within Species -- Macroevolution: Major Evolutionary Events and Processes -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Selected References -- Custom Website -- ch. 2 Animal Ecology -- Environment and the Niche -- Populations -- Community Ecology -- Ecosystems -- Biodiversity and Extinction -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Selected References -- Custom Website -- ch. 3 Animal Architecture -- The Hierarchical Organization of Animal Complexity -- Animal Body Plans -- How Many Body Plans Are There? -- Components of Metazoan Bodies -- Complexity and Body Size -- Summary -- Review Questions -- Selected References -- Custom Website -- |
| Summary |
Uses the theme of evolution to develop a broad-scale view of animal diversity - students focus not only the organisms themselves, but also the processes that produce evolutionary diversity. This book offers a survey of zoological diversity and its emphasis on evolutionary, systematic and ecological principles |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 2009 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Animal diversity.
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Zoology.
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| Author |
Hickman, Cleveland P
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| LC no. |
2011027698 |
| ISBN |
0073028061 (paperback) |
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9780073028064 (paperback) |
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