The roots and origins of the terms presented in
this dictionary were taken from textbooks and from the original literature.
This exhaustive dictionary contains over 13,000 terms relating to invertebrate
zoology, including etymologies, word derivations and taxonomic classification.
Entries cover parasitology, nematology, marine invertebrates, insects, and
anatomy, biology, and reproductive processes for the following phyla:
Acanthocephala, Annelida, Arthropoda, Brachiopoda, Bryozoa, Chaetognatha,
Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Echinodermata, Echiura, Entoprocta, Gastrotricha,
Gnathostomulida, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, Mesozoa, Mollusca, Nematoda,
Nematomorpha, Nemertea, Onychophora, Pentastoma, Phoronida, Placozoa,
Platyhelminthes, Pogonophora, Porifera, Priapula, Rotifera, Sipuncula, and
Tardigrada.
Author(s): Mary Ann Maggenti, Armand R.
Maggenti and Scott Lyell Gardner
A great many
stories of occurrences have been written into this volume, for the purpose of
giving the reader all the facts in order that he may form his own opinions of
the animal mentality displayed. Topics covered includes: Wild Animal Temperament
and Individuality, The Language of Animals, The Most Intelligent Animals, The
Rights of Wild Animals, Mental Traits of Wild Animals, The Higher Passions, The
Morals of Wild Animals, The Baser Passions, Wild Animal Criminals and Crime.
This textbook explores the mechanisms and
evolution of animal behavior, including neural, hormonal, and genetic substrates
of behavior, foraging, anti-predator defenses, mating systems and sexual
selection, social behavior, communication, parental care, kin selection and
recognition, and territoriality. Associated laboratory exercises will provide
hands-on experience for many of these concepts.
The introductory topics will cover various approaches to the
study of animals and their behavior. Topics covered includes: Habitat selection,
Nest site selection, territoriality, dispersal, migration, Feeding, Antipredator
behavior, Sexuality, Mating and reproduction, Cooperation among conspecifics.
The general discussions at the beginning of the different
sections and chapters, and the discussions of the different diseases are
naturally brief. The chapters have been grouped under the necessary heads,
with review questions at the end of each chapter, and the book divided into
seven parts. Topics covered includes: General Discussion Of Disease: Diagnosis
and Symptoms Of Disease and Treatment, Non-specific Or General Diseases, The
Teeth, Surgical Diseases, Parasitic Diseases, Infectious Diseases.
This book describes the following topics: The Natural History of the
Common Crayfish, The Physiology of the Common Crayfish, The Physiology of the
Common Crayfish, The Morphology of the Common Crayfish, The Comparative
Morphology of the Crayfish. The structure and the development of the Crayfish
compared with those of other living beings, The Distribution and the etiology of
the Crayfishes.
The introduction of chapters on Animal Anomalies, Animal
Regeneration, Biological Effects of Radiation, Marine Zoology, and Wildlife
Conservation is a slight departure from the usual textbook outline, but each of
these seems to the author to have enough of special value and current
interest to warrant presentation. The chapters on Regulatory Glands, Animal
Distribution, The Animal and Its Environment, Animal Parasitism, Comparative
Emhrijology, Animal Behavior, and Paleontology are also presented with the
feeling that they are of exceptional general interest to all students, as well as being
thoroughly zoological.
This note covers the following topics: Bio diversity, Cell Biology, Human Anatomy, Genetics, Developmental Biology,
Economic Zoology and Origin of life.