Vertebrate Life 9th Edition by F. Harvey Pough

Vertebrate Life 9th Edition by F. Harvey PoughISBN 10: 0321773365ISBN 13: 9780321773364New to This Editions? Molecular biology. Molecular studies have producednew information about phylogenetic relationshipsthat illuminates events as distant as the origin of jawlessvertebrate lineages and as recent as the separationof the clouded leopards on Borneo, Sumatra, and theAsian mainland.? Fossil evidence. Newly described fossils haveexpanded our understanding of the evolutionarydiversity of vertebrate lineages, particularly of dinosaurs(including birds) and our own human lineage.? Climate change. The ever-increasing evidence ofglobal climate change has important implicationsfor the biology and conservation of vertebrates,and new information about atmospheric conditionsduring the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras sheds lighton vertebrate diversification.