Harvey B Lillywhite

How Snakes Work

Structure, Function and Behavior of the World's Snakes

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A heavily illustrated and complete account of the functional biology of snakes, written for an audience of both scientists and a general readership.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 282mm x 224mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 1202g
• ISBN-13: 9780195380378
• ISBN-10: 0195380371
• Artikelnr.: 39123523

Autorenporträt

Harvey B. Lillywhite is a Professor of Zoology and the Director of the Florida Marine Laboratory, University of Florida, Gainesville

Inhaltsangabe

* Table of Contents
* Chapter 1: Evolutionary History and Classification of the World's
Snakes
* Chapter 2: Feeding, Digestion and Water Balance
* Chapter 3: Locomotion: How Snakes Move
* Chapter 4: Temperature and Ectothermy
* Chapter 5: Structure and Function of Skin
* Chapter 6: Internal Transport: Circulation and Respiration
* Chapter 7: Perceiving the Snake's World: Structure and Function of
Sense Organs
* Chapter 8: Sound Production
* Chapter 9: Courtship and Reproduction
* Glossary of Terms