Deliver to Edit zip code. Ship it. Get it by Thu, Jan 20 with free standard shipping. This item isn't sold in stores. Help us improve this page. About this item. Specifications Number of Pages: Genre: Nature. Sub-Genre: Animals. Format: Paperback. Publisher: Columbia University Press. Age Range: Adult. Author: Spencer Lucas. Language: English. Street Date : June 7, TCIN : UPC : Description About the Book The perfect textbook for nonscience majors, this volume explains dinosaur evolution, phylogeny, and classification.
Revised to reflect recent fossil discoveries and the current consensus on dinosaur science, the text details the behavior and extinction of the species, their relationship to birds, and their representation in popular culture. Book Synopsis Geared towards a broad variety of students, Dinosaurs: The Textbook , sixth edition, is a concise and lucid presentation of the biological and geological concepts of dinosaur science.
It clarifies the evolution, phylogeny, and classification of the various species while modeling the best approach for navigating new and existing research. Revised to reflect recent fossil discoveries and the current consensus on dinosaur science, this text moves through the major taxonomic groups--including theropods, sauropodomorphs, ornithopods, ceratopsians, pachycephalosaurs, stegosaurs, and ankylosaurs--and concludes with updated chapters on the behavior and extinction of the dinosaurs, their biological relationship to birds, and their representation or misrepresentation in art, literature, film, and other forms of popular culture.
Review Quotes Dinosaurs is a concise, well-written, and profusely illustrated introduction to this ever-fascinating subject. Graduate students and advanced undergraduates in the biological sciences, animal sciences, veterinary sciences. An Overview of Chemical Bioregulation in Vertebrates 2. Methods to Study Bioregulation 3. Synthesis, Metabolism, and Actions of Bioregulators 4. Organization of the Mammalian Hypothalamus-Pituitary Axes 5. Comparative Aspects of Vertebrate Adrenals The Endocrinology of Mammalian Reproduction Comparative Aspects of Vertebrate Reproduction Chemical Regulation of Feeding, Digestion and Metabolism Comparative Aspects of Feeding, Digestion, and Metabolism Regulation of Calcium and Phosphate Homeostasis in Vertebrates Environmental Endocrinology of Vertebrates.
Appendix A. Abbreviations B. Vertebrate Phylogeny and Evolution C. Customers who viewed this item also viewed. I have never had a biology text that was not full color before, and now I really appreciate that. Withoutabox Submit to Film Festivals. Overall a good book but Invertebrahes used wikipedia more than the book because it was lacking.
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