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

• Pubblicazione: Oxford [England] ; ; Malden, MA, USA, : Blackwell Science, 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (361 p.)
• Disciplina: 570; 577
• Soggetto topico: Biodiversity; Biology
• Altri autori: BarnesR. S. K (Richard Stephen Kent)
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The diversity of living organisms
• ISBN: 1-4443-1337-1; 1-282-37164-9; 9786612371646; 1-4443-1338-X; 0-632-06123-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996198210903316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno