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Kingdoms and Domains - An Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth

By Stephen Jay Gould , Lynn Margulis , Karlene V. Schwartz

Book information

Publisher
W.H. Freeman & Company
Year
2009
ISBN
071673026X, 0716730278, 9780716730262, 0716731835, 9780123736215
LCC
QH83 .M36 1998
Open Library ID
OL675159M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
52 MB (54313436 bytes)
Edition
3 Sub
Pages
711\711
Topic
Biology
Library
Great Science Textbooks DVD Library 2007
Time added
2009-10-26 09:21:54
Биологические дисциплины

Description

Now published by Academic Press and revised from the author's previous Five Kingdoms 3rd edition, this extraordinary, all inclusive catalogue of the world's living organisms describes the diversity of the major groups, or phyla, of nature's most inclusive taxa. Developed after consultation with specialists, this modern classification scheme is consistent both with the fossil record and with recent molecular, morphological and metabolic data. Generously illustrated, now in full color, Kingdoms and Domains is remarkably easy to read. It accesses the full range of life forms that still inhabit our planet and logically and explicitly classifies them according to their evolutionary relationships. Definitive characteristics of each phylum are professionally described in ways that, unlike most scientific literature, profoundly respect the needs of educators, students and nature lovers. This work is meant to be of interest to all evolutionists as well as to conservationists, ecologists, genomicists, geographers, microbiologists, museum curators, oceanographers, paleontologists and especially nature lovers whether artists, gardeners or environmental activists.

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