Principles of zoology /edited by Richard M. Renneboog, MSc.

Adaptive Radiation -- Aging -- Amphibians -- Animal Adaptations -- Animal Aggregation -- Animal Bioluminescence -- Animal Cells -- Animal Courtship -- Animal Demographics -- Animal Development: Evolutionary Perspective -- Animal Domestication -- Animal Embryology -- Animal Emotions -- Animal Evolution: Historical Perspective -- Animal Growth -- Animal Habituation and Sensitization -- Animal Immune Systems -- Animal Instincts -- Animal Intelligence -- Animal Kingdom -- Animal Life of Swamps and Marshes -- Animal Life Spans -- Animal Locomotion -- Animal Mating -- Animal Migration -- Animal Physiology -- Animal Reproduction -- Animal Respiration and Low Oxygen -- Apes to Hominids -- Arachnids -- Arthropods -- Asexual Reproduction -- Beaks and Bills -- Biodiversity -- Biological Rhythms and Behavior -- Biology -- Birds -- Birth -- Bone and Cartilage -- Brain -- Breeding Programs -- Camouflage -- Cannibalism -- Carnivores -- Cell Determination and Differentiation -- Circulatory Systems of Invertebrates -- Circulatory Systems of Vertebrates -- Claws, Nails, and Hooves -- Cloning of Extinct or Endangered Species -- Coevolution -- Communication -- Communities -- Competition -- Convergent and Divergent Evolution -- Copulation -- Crustaceans -- Death and Dying -- Digestion -- Digestive Tract -- Dinosaurs -- Displays -- Ecological Niches -- Ecology -- Ecosystems -- Embryonic Development -- Endangered Species -- Endocrine Systems of Invertebrates -- Endocrine Systems of Vertebrates -- Endoskeletons -- Estivation -- Estrus -- Evolution: Animal Life -- Evolutionary Origin of Sex Differences -- Excretory System -- Exoskeletons -- Extinction -- Extinctions and Evolutionary Explosions -- Felidae -- Fertilization -- Fins and Flippers -- Fish -- Food Chains and Food Webs -- Gametogenesis -- Gas Exchange -- Gene Flow -- Genetic Mutations -- Genetics -- Grooming -- Habitats and Biomes -- Hardy-Weinberg Law of Genetic Equilibrium -- Hearing -- Herbivores -- Herds -- Hermaphroditism -- Heterochrony -- Hibernation -- Home Building -- Homeosis -- Homo Sapiens and Human Diversification -- Hormones and Behavior -- Hybrid Zones -- Hydrostatic Skeletons -- Infanticide -- Ingestion in Animals -- Insects -- Invertebrates -- Isolating Mechanisms In Evolution -- Jellyfish -- Lactation -- Language -- Learning -- Mammalian Social Systems -- Marine Animals -- Marine Biology -- Mark, Release, and Recapture Methods -- Marsupials -- Metabolic Rates in Animals -- Metamorphosis -- Mimicry -- Molting and Shedding -- Morphogenesis -- Multicellularity -- Muscles in Invertebrates -- Muscles in Vertebrates -- Nervous Systems of Vertebrates -- Nesting -- Neutral Mutations and Evolutionary Clocks -- Nocturnal Animals -- Nonrandom Mating, Genetic Drift, and Mutation -- Nutrient Requirements of Animals -- Offspring Care -- Omnivores -- Osmoregulation -- Packs -- Pair-bonding -- pH Maintenance in Animals -- Phylogeny -- Placental Mammals -- Plant and Animal Interactions -- Poisonous Animals -- Pollution Effects on Animal Life -- Population Analysis -- Population Genetics -- Predation -- Pregnancy and Prenatal Development in Animals -- Prehistoric Animals -- Primates -- Protozoa -- Punctuated Equilibrium and Continuous Evolution -- Regeneration -- Reproductive Strategies in Animals -- Reproductive System of Female Animals -- Reproductive System of Male Mammals -- Reptiles -- Respiratory Systems in Animals -- Rodents -- Ruminants -- Savannas and Animal Life -- Scavengers -- Sense Organs -- Sexual Development -- Shells -- Sleep -- Smell -- Social Hierarchies -- Symbiosis -- Tails -- Teeth, Fangs, and Tusks -- Tentacles -- Territoriality and Aggression -- Thermoregulation -- Tool Use -- Ungulates -- Urban and Suburban Wildlife -- Vertebrates -- Vocalizations -- Water Balance in Vertebrates -- Wildlife Management -- Wings -- Zoology -- Zoos.

This book introduces the fundamentals of zoology, including the number and kinds of animal life on Earth plus what defines an animal species and its role in the natural world - its identity; where it lives and how; its relationships to other animals in its environment, and the environment itself; what it eats and what eats it; reproduction; and more. Covers topics such as Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Genetic Mutations and the like. Illustrated, with Appendixes and an Index.

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