The biology of plethodontid salamanders /
This volume offers a state-of-the-art overview of plethodontid salamanders. The reader will find the best current understanding of many aspects of the evolution, systematics, development, morphology, life history, ecology, and field methodology of these animals. The book is divided into three sectio...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Springer Science+Business Media, LLC,
[2000]
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| Summary: | This volume offers a state-of-the-art overview of plethodontid salamanders. The reader will find the best current understanding of many aspects of the evolution, systematics, development, morphology, life history, ecology, and field methodology of these animals. The book is divided into three sections. The first one features papers presented in honor of Richard Highton, a specialist in molecular systematics and speciation in plethodontids. This section, therefore, deals with amphibian systematics. The second section presents topics in evolutionary and comparative biology of plethodontids, and thus reflects the diversity of current research on plethodontid salamanders. Finally, the third section presents topics in behavioral ecology of small <em>Plethodon</em> (mainly <em>P. cinereus</em>), illustrating the usefulness of the smaller species of <em>Plethodon</em> as model organisms for investigation of a wide range of questions in behavioral ecology. <br/> This is an important volume which conveys to readers the current status of research on plethodontids, and will stimulate interest of researchers in furthering investigation of the many unresolved questions pertaining to the biology of these animals. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published by Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York in 2000. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2000. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 485 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781461542551 (electronic bk.) 1461542553 (electronic bk.) |