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Vertebrate Life (Eleventh Edition)  

F. Harvey PoughProfessor Emeritus, Rochester Institute of TechnologyClose
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William E. BemisProfessor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Faculty Curator of Ichthyology, Cornell UniversityClose
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Betty McguireSenior Lecturer, Cornell UniversityClose
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Christine M. JanisProfessor Emerita of Biology, Brown University, USA, Honorary Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, UKClose
Published in Print:14 November 2022 Published Online:31 August 2023
https://doi.org/10.1093/hesc/9780197558621.001.0001
ISBN:9780197558621
Publisher:Oxford University Press

Abstract

Vertebrate Life explores how the anatomy, physiology, ecology, and behaviour of animals interact to produce organisms that function effectively in their environments, and how lineages of organisms change through evolutionary time. It looks at the evolution, diversity, and classification of vertebrates. It considers chondrichthyes, osteichthyes as well as teteapods. Ectothermy is examined as an example of a low-energy approach to life. Other vertebrates considered are turtles, lepidosaurs, crocodylians, and extant birds and mammals.

Keywords:

vertebrates, organisms, lineages, evolution, diversity, classification, low-energy approach