Linzey - Vertebrate Biology - Chapter 11 pdf

... Control in Birds. Berlin: Springer-Verlag 1994. Pages 95 119 . Linzey: Vertebrate Biology 11. Movements Text © The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2003 348 Chapter Eleven BIO-NOTE 11. 2 How Hummingbirds Store ... 10,000-km trek to Baja—a distance spanning more than one-third of the globe—would rank among the longest docu- mented marine vertebrate migrations. Bowen, 1995 Linzey: Vertebrat...

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... artic- ulation permits the typical vertical (up-and-down) move- ment of the head, whereas the atlas–axis articulation allows lateral (side-to-side) movements of the head. Linzey: Vertebrate Biology ... mid-1980s and Eosimias in 1994, the oldest well-documented anthropoids came from 36-million-year-old rocks in Egypt, suggesting that such creatures arose in Africa; however, the Eosimias f...

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... large and fas- cinating group of animals. Linzey: Vertebrate Biology 1. The Vertebrate Story: An Overview Text © The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2003 The Vertebrate Story: An Overview 11 (a) Lamprey ... by other sala- manders and frogs. In some cases, the male parent guards the eggs. Altricial One-day-old meadowlark Precocial One-day-old ruffed grouse FIGURE 1.21 Comparison of 1-day-o...

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... class of vertebrates are given in Chapters 4–6, 7, and 9. Linzey: Vertebrate Biology 2. Systematics and Vertebrate Evolution Text © The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2003 44 Chapter Two Vertebrate ... Linzey: Vertebrate Biology 2. Systematics and Vertebrate Evolution Text © The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2003 CHAPTER 2 Systematics and Vertebrate Evolution ■ INTRODUCTION Biologist...

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... believed that cephalochordates were the probable vertebrate ancestors. As evidence, they cited the discovery of the mid-Cambrian 52 0- million-year-old Pikaia gracilens, a cephalochordate fossil found ... concerning the evolution- ary history of these groups. Both lampreys and hagfishes pos- sess many primitive features. Besides the absence of jaws and Linzey: Vertebrate Biology 4....

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... gives recom- mendations of what to eat and what to avoid to be ecologi- cally responsible. Linzey: Vertebrate Biology 5. Gnathostome Fishes Text © The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2003 114 Chapter Five Remnants ... need and stimulate increased production of adrenocor- Linzey: Vertebrate Biology 5. Gnathostome Fishes Text © The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2003 112 Chapter Five Bulla Dig...

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... forms was estab- lished by the end of the Devonian. Two other groups of labyrinthodonts evolved: the tem- nospondyls and the anthracosaurs. Members of the order Tem- Linzey: Vertebrate Biology 6. ... show consid- erable variation among closely related species developing at the same temperature. Linzey: Vertebrate Biology 6. Amphibians Text © The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2003 132 Cha...

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... males. (a) 6 0- to 80-ton titanosaur; (b) 55-ton Supersaurus; (c) 45-ton Brachiosaurus (=Ultrasaurus); (d) 13-ton Shantungosaurus; (e) 6-ton Triceratops; (f) 7-ton Tyrannosaurus; (g) 16-ton Indricotherium; ... (g) 16-ton Indricotherium; (h) 2-ton Rhinoceros; (i) 5-ton Megacerops; (j) 10-ton Mammuthus; (k) 6-ton Loxodonta; (l) 0.3-ton Panthera; (m) 1-ton Scutosaurus; (n) 1-ton Megalania. Hu...

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... Besides their function of allowing side-to-side movement of the vertebral column, epaxial muscles take on new functions including support and Linzey: Vertebrate Biology 8. Reptiles: Morphology, Reproduction, ... series of long-chain methyl ketones (Mason et al., 1989). Females of related groups of snakes have some of the same methyl ketones as well as variations of the com- Linzey: Ve...

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... sanctuary of warm water with an abun- dance of water hyacinth. Linzey: Vertebrate Biology 10. Population Dynamics Text © The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2003 CHAPTER 10 Population Dynamics ■ INTRODUCTION Animal ... and the chances of an epi- zootic such as fowl cholera are increased. Linzey: Vertebrate Biology 10. Population Dynamics Text © The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2003 332 Chapt...

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