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Record Nr.

UNINA9910134123403321

Titolo

The diversity of living organisms [[electronic resource] /] / edited by R.S.K. Barnes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford [England] ; ; Malden, MA, USA, : Blackwell Science, 1998

ISBN

1-4443-1337-1

1-282-37164-9

9786612371646

1-4443-1338-X

0-632-06123-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BarnesR. S. K (Richard Stephen Kent)

Disciplina

570

577

Soggetti

Biodiversity

Biology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Diversity of Living Organisms; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; Part I: Superkingdom Prokarya; 1: Kingdom Bacteria; Subkingdom Archaea; Subkingdom Eubacteria; Part II: Superkingdom Eukarya; 2: Kingdom Protoctista; 3: Kingdom Fungi; 4: Kingdom Plantae; 5: Kingdom Animalia; Superphylum Parazoa; Superphylum Phagocytellozoa; Superphylum Radiata; Superphylum Mesozoa; Superphylum Acoelometa; Superphylum Aschelminthes; Superphylum Panarthropoda; Superphylum Eutrochozoa; Superphylum Lophophorata; Superphylum Deuterostomia; 6: Further Sources of Information

Index to Groups of Organisms

Sommario/riassunto

Such is the pressure on teaching time in schools and universities that students are taught less and less of the diversity that is life on this planet. Most students, and indeed most professional biologists that these students become, know far more of cell function than of biodiversity. This text is a profusely illustrated, quick-reference guide



to all types of living organisms, from the single-celled prokaryotes and eurkaryotes to the multicellular fungi, plants and animals. All surviving phyla and their component classes are characterised and described, as are their lifestyles, ecology, relat