The Evolution of Air Breathing in Vertebrates

Randall, David J.; Burggren, Warren W.; Farrell, Anthony P.; Haswell, M. Stephen

ISBN 10: 0521222591 / ISBN 13: 9780521222594

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1981

About this Item

ex-library book. dust cover missing. good reading copy. immediate despatch from the uk 6 days a week.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Evolution of Air Breathing in Vertebrates
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0521222591
• ISBN 13: 9780521222594
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

Hardcover. Jacket has a sunned spine, a few minor creases and very few superficial scores. Lower leading corners of jacket are a little worn; spine ends of jacket and hardcover are bumped. Ex-library, with stamps on page block and remnants of tape on pastedowns. Library lending history, labels and stamps on FEP; further library markings on colophon. Penned underlining and marginalia on very few pages within, never obscuring content. Leading edge of p.107 is creased. Pages are sound and content is clear. TS

Book Description

First published in 1981, this book presents an original approach to an area of great importance in comparative zoology and physiology and evolutionary biology: the evolution of air breathing in vertebrates from aquatic ancestors. The subject is approached from a functional as well as an anatomical viewpoint, utilising knowledge of the physiology of extant animals to trace probable evolutionary steps.