Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Amphibians

by Robert Drewes, Stan Hillman, Philip Withers

Book Overview

Amphibians are the extant descendants of the first vertebrate class to successfully colonize terrestrial environments; hence they occupy a unique position between fish and reptiles. Amphibian skin provides essentially no resistance to evaporative water loss, and consequently daily water
turnover rates are an order of magnitude greater than in other terrestrial vertebrate groups. This has led to a suite of physiological, morphological and behavioural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198570325
• ISBN13: 9780198570325
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"