Vertebrate Life

1: Evolution, Diversity, and Classification of Vertebrates

2: What Is a Vertebrate?

3: Jawless Vertebrates and the Origin of Jawed Vertebrates

4: Living in Water

5: Geography and Ecology of the Paleozoic Era

6: Radiation and Diversification of Chondrichthyes

7: Extant Chondrichthyans

8: Radiation and Diversity of Osteichthyes

9: Extant Bony Fishes

10: Origin and Radiation of Tetrapods

11: Extant Amphibians

12: Living on Land

13: Geography and Ecology of the Mesozoic Era

14: Synapsids and Sauropsids

15: Ectothermy: A Low-Energy Approach to Life

16: Turtles

17: Lepidosaurs

18: Crocodylians

19: Mesozoic Diapsids: Dinosaurs and Others

20: Endothermy: A High-Energy Approach to Life

21: The Origin and Radiation of Birds

22: Extant Birds

23: Geography and Ecology of the Cenozoic Era

24: Synapsida and the Evolution of Mammals

25: Extant Mammals

26: Primate Evolution and the Emergence of Humans, by Sergi Lopez-Torres

Vertebrate Life, 10th Edition blends information about anatomy, physiology, ecology, and behaviour to present vertebrates within an evolutionary context. Engaging and readable, the 10th edition features full color throughout with completely new photographs and line art. Important advances in vertebrate biology are highlighted, including the increasing influence of molecular phylogenies, insights provided by evo-devo, and our growing appreciation of the significance of developmental plasticity and epigenetics. Taxon-specific conservation issues are discussed in each chapter that treats extant forms.