Animal Sciences

by Cobb, Allan B.

• ISBN13: 9780028655567
• ISBN10: 0028655567
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: Macmillan Library Reference

Summary

In response to the popularity and critical acclaim of its other full-color science sets for students, Macmillan Reference USA has developed a comprehensive series of colorful. informative sets in the sciences. The Macmillan Science Library for Students will engage students at many levels -- from middle school and high school -- to nonmajors in college and lay readers in public libraries.

This new series offers the most comprehensive views of key areas in the world of science. Each set explores all facets of the topic, offering not only descriptive and analytical information, but also cultural and ethical issues, and career opportunities in many fields of science.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. V
Geological Time Scale	p. VII
Comparison of the Five- and Six-Kingdom Classification of Organisms	p. VIII
Phylogenetic Tree of Life	p. IX
Measurements and Abbreviations	p. X
List of Contributors	p. XII
Absorption	p. 1
Acoustic Signals	p. 3
Adaptation	p. 6
African Cichlid Fishes	p. 8
Aggression	p. 10
Agnatha	p. 13
Allometry	p. 14
Altruism	p. 17
Amphibia	p. 19
Animal	p. 23
Animal Rights	p. 24
Animal Testing	p. 28
Annelida	p. 30
Antibody	p. 33
Antlers and Horns	p. 35
Apiculture	p. 36
Aposematism	p. 38
Aquaculture	p. 41
Aristotle	p. 44
Arthropoda	p. 46
Aves	p. 52
Bailey, Florence Augusta Merriam	p. 57
Bates, Henry Walter	p. 58
Behavior	p. 59
Behavioral Ecology	p. 62
Binomial (Linnaean System)	p. 64
Biodiversity	p. 65
Bioethics	p. 69
Biogeography	p. 73
Biological Evolution	p. 74
Biological Pest Control	p. 78
Biomass	p. 82
Biomechanics	p. 83
Biomes	p. 85
Biometry	p. 93
Biotic Factors	p. 95
Blood	p. 97
Body Cavities	p. 99
Body Plan	p. 105
Bone	p. 110
Burgess Shale and Ediacaran Faunas	p. 112
Cambrian Explosion	p. 115
Cambrian Period	p. 118
Camouflage	p. 120
Cancer	p. 122
Carboniferous	p. 126
Carson, Rachel	p. 128
Cartilage	p. 129
Catadromous--Diadromous and Anadromous Fishes	p. 130
Cell Division	p. 133
Cells	p. 135
Cephalization	p. 137
Cephalochordata	p. 140
Cestoda	p. 141
Chitin	p. 142
Chondricthyes	p. 144
Chordata	p. 147
Circadian Rhythm	p. 149
Circulatory System	p. 151
Classification Systems	p. 153
Cnidaria	p. 154
Coevolution	p. 157
Colonization	p. 162
Communication	p. 163
Community Ecology	p. 166
Comparative Biology	p. 170
Competition	p. 172
Competitive Exclusion	p. 175
Conservation Biology	p. 176
Constraints on Animal Development	p. 178
Continental Drift	p. 180
Convergence	p. 184
Courtship	p. 185
Crepuscular	p. 189
Photo and Illustration Credits	p. 191
Glossary	p. 195
Topic Outline	p. 221
Volume One Index	p. 227
Cretaceous	p. 1
Cultures and Animals	p. 3
Darwin, Charles	p. 10
DDT	p. 11
Defense	p. 13
Devonian	p. 16
Diamond, Jared	p. 17
Digestion	p. 18
Digestive System	p. 20
Dinosaurs	p. 23
Diurnal	p. 26
Diversity of Major Groups	p. 26
Domestic Animals	p. 27
Dominance Hierarchy	p. 30
Drosophila	p. 33
Echinodermata	p. 35
Echolocation	p. 37
Ecologist	p. 40
Ecology	p. 41
Ecosystem	p. 45
Egg	p. 48
Elton, Charles Sutherland	p. 51
Embryology	p. 52
Embryonic Development	p. 53
Endangered Species	p. 61
Endocrine System	p. 64
Endosymbiosis	p. 68
Entomology	p. 71
Environment	p. 73
Environmental Degradation	p. 74
Environmental Impact	p. 78
Environmental Lawyer	p. 82
Ethology	p. 82
Eukaryota	p. 83
Evolutionary Stable Strategy	p. 85
Excretory and Reproductive Systems	p. 87
Exotic Species	p. 90
Expenditure Per Progeny	p. 95
Extinction	p. 97
Extremophile	p. 102
Farmer	p. 104
Farming	p. 104
Fausto-Sterling, Anne	p. 109
Feeding	p. 110
Feeding Strategies	p. 113
Fertilization	p. 116
Fitness	p. 118
Flight	p. 120
Food Web	p. 126
Foraging Strategies	p. 129
Fossey, Dian	p. 131
Fossil Fuels	p. 132
Fossil Record	p. 135
Functional Morphologist	p. 136
Functional Morphology	p. 137
Genes	p. 139
Genetic Engineering	p. 146
Genetic Variation in a Population	p. 151
Genetically Engineered Foods	p. 155
Geneticist	p. 157
Genetics	p. 158
Geological Time Scale	p. 162
Gills	p. 163
Gliding and Parachuting	p. 165
Global Warming	p. 166
Goodall, Jane	p. 170
Gould, Steven Jay	p. 172
Growth And Differentiation of the Nervous System	p. 173
Habitat	p. 177
Habitat Loss	p. 179
Photo and Illustration Credits	p. 187
Glossary	p. 191
Topic Outline	p. 217
Volume Two Index	p. 223
Habitat Restoration	p. 1
Haeckel's Law of Recapitulation	p. 5
Haldane, J. B. S.	p. 6
Herpetology	p. 7
Heterochrony	p. 8
Home Range	p. 11
Homeostasis	p. 12
Homology	p. 15
Hormones	p. 16
Horse Trainer	p. 19
Horses	p. 20
Human-Animal Conflicts	p. 24
Human Commensals and Mutual Organisms	p. 29
Human Evolution	p. 32
Human Populations	p. 38
Hunter-Gatherers	p. 43
Hunting	p. 45
Icthyology	p. 48
Imprinting	p. 49
Instinct	p. 51
Interspecies Interactions	p. 54
Iteroparity and Semelparity	p. 56
Jurassic	p. 59
K/T Boundary	p. 61
Keratin	p. 62
Keystone Species	p. 64
Kingdoms of Life	p. 66
Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste	p. 69
Leakey, Louis and Mary	p. 70
Learning	p. 71
Levi-Montalcini, Rita	p. 73
Life History Strategies	p. 74
Linnaeus, Carolus	p. 77
Livestock Manager	p. 78
Living Fossils	p. 78
Locomotion	p. 82
Lorenz, Konrad	p. 91
MacArthur, Robert	p. 92
Malaria	p. 93
Malthus, Thomas Robert	p. 98
Mammalia	p. 99
Marine Biologist	p. 104
Mayr, Ernst	p. 105
Medical Doctor	p. 107
Mendel, Gregor	p. 107
Mesenchyme	p. 109
Metamorphosis	p. 111
Metazoan	p. 113
Migration	p. 116
Mimicry	p. 121
Modern Synthesis	p. 123
Molecular Biologist	p. 125
Molecular Biology	p. 126
Molecular Systematics	p. 127
Molluska	p. 130
Molting	p. 134
Morphological Evolution in Whales	p. 136
Morphology	p. 139
Mouth, Pharynx, and Teeth	p. 140
Muscular System	p. 142
Museum Curator	p. 145
Natural Resources	p. 146
Natural Selection	p. 149
Nematoda	p. 150
Nervous System	p. 153
Neuron	p. 159
Nocturnal	p. 162
Oligocene	p. 163
Ontogeny	p. 165
Ordovician	p. 166
Osteicthyes	p. 167
Paleontologist	p. 172
Paleontology	p. 174
Parasitism	p. 175
Pasteur, Louis	p. 180
PCR	p. 181
Peppered Moth	p. 185
Photo and Illustration Credits	p. 189
Glossary	p. 193
Topic Outline	p. 219
Volume Three Index	p. 225
Permian	p. 1
Pesticide	p. 3
Phylogenetic Relationships of Major Groups	p. 6
Phylogenetics Systematics	p. 7
Physiologist	p. 9
Physiology	p. 9
Plankton	p. 12
Platyhelmithes	p. 13
Pleistocene	p. 14
Pollution	p. 17
Population Dynamics	p. 25
Populations	p. 30
Porifera	p. 34
Predation	p. 36
Primates	p. 39
Prokaryota	p. 42
Quaternary	p. 44
Reproduction, Asexual and Sexual	p. 46
Reptilia	p. 48
Respiration	p. 52
Respiratory System	p. 55
Rotifera	p. 59
Scales, Feathers and Hair	p. 60
Scientific Illustrator	p. 63
Selective Breeding	p. 64
Sense Organs	p. 67
Serial Homology	p. 71
Service Animal Trainer	p. 73
Sexual Dimorphism	p. 74
Sexual Selection	p. 76
Shells	p. 80
Silent Spring	p. 82
Silurian	p. 83
Simpson, George Gaylord	p. 85
Skeletons	p. 86
Social Animals	p. 89
Sociality	p. 94
Sociobiology	p. 96
Spontaneous Generation	p. 97
Stevens, Nettie Maria	p. 98
Sustainable Agriculture	p. 99
Systematist	p. 102
Taxonomist	p. 103
Taxonomy	p. 104
Territoriality	p. 106
Tertiary	p. 107
Tetropods--From Water to Land	p. 110
Threatened Species	p. 113
Tool Use	p. 114
Transport	p. 117
Trematoda	p. 122
Triassic	p. 124
Trophic Level	p. 126
Turbellaria	p. 129
Urochordata	p. 130
Vertebrata	p. 131
Veterinarian	p. 134
Viruses	p. 135
Vision	p. 138
Vocalization	p. 141
Von Baer's Law	p. 143
Wallace, Alfred	p. 145
Water Economy in Desert Organisms	p. 146
Wild Game Manager	p. 149
Wildlife Biologist	p. 151
Wildlife Photographer	p. 152
Wilson, E. O.	p. 154
Xenopus	p. 155
Zoological Parks	p. 158
Zoologist	p. 162
Zooplankton	p. 163
Photo and Illustration Credits	p. 167
Glossary	p. 171
Topic Outline	p. 197
Cumulative Index	p. 203
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