AnalysisofVertebrateStructure

Thisworld-renownedtextdescribestheanatomyofthemajorstructuralandbehavioralgroupsofvertebrateanimals,interpretingtheirformintermsofevolutionandadaptationtohabitandhabitat.Thepresentationissoundandsolidyetnotsolonganddetailedastooverwhelmstudents.Designedforuseinaone-termcourseinthestructuralanalysisofvertebrates.MiltonHildebrandisextremelywellknowninthefieldespeciallyforhiscollectionofspecimensthatarenowhousedattheMuseumofVertebrateZoologyatUCBerkeley.Thechapteropeningphotosinthetextareofthesespecimensfromthecollection.ThephotographsweretakenbyaNationalGeographicphotographer.