Janet Moore

An Introduction to the Invertebrates

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Modern condensed biology courses demand a small and simple orientating guide to the invertebrates. This need has increased with the recent explosion of genetic information, enabling us to trace the evolutionary relationships between groups of invertebrates with confidence. The second edition of An Introduction to the Invertebrates introduces evolution and the various methods of tracing it and then considers the distinctive body plan of each invertebrate phylum, showing what has evolved, how animals live, and how they develop. This introductory text will be invaluable to all those studying invertebrates.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2., überarb. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 750g
• ISBN-13: 9780521674065
• ISBN-10: 0521674069
• Artikelnr.: 20909322

Autorenporträt

Janet Moore is former Director of Studies in Biological Sciences at New Hall, Cambridge where she is now an Emeritus Fellow. Her research career has focused on land and freshwater nemertines.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Acknowledgements; Illustration acknowledgements; 1. The process of evolution: natural selection; 2. The pattern of evolution: methods of investigation; 3. Porifera; 4. Cnidaria; 5. On being a worm; 6. Platyhelminthes; 7. Nemertea; 8. Nematoda; 9. Annelida; 10. Mollusca: general and Gastropoda; 11. Mollusca: Bivalvia and Cephalopoda; 12. Arthropoda: general; 13. Crustacea; 14. Chelicerata and Myriapoda; 15. Insecta; 16. Animals with lophophores; 17. Echinodermata; 18. Invertebrate Chordata and Hemichordata; 19. Development; 20. Invertebrate evolutionary history; Further reading and references; Glossary; Index.

Rezensionen

'Anyone who is concerned about biological diversity and the current extinction crisis realizes that we desperately need to train more people in invertebrate biology ... I strongly recommend this book to all undergraduates who are interested in biology: it provides a lucid, yet comprehensive, introduction to a significant proportion of the diversity of life on Earth.' Trends in Parasitology