Tadpoles: The Biology of Anuran Larvae

Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
INTRODUCTION. The tadpole arena......Page 12
RESEARCH. Materials and techniques......Page 18
BODY PLAN. Development and morphology......Page 35
ARCHITECTURE. Cranial and axial musculoskeleton......Page 63
ANATOMY. Viscera and endocrines......Page 103
INTEGRATION. Nervous and sensory systems......Page 160
ENDOTROPHIC ANURANS. Development and evolution......Page 181
PHYSIOLOGY. Copyng with the environment......Page 200
BEHAVIOR. Interactions and their consequences......Page 226
ECOLOGY. Resource use, competition, and predation......Page 251
THE ANURAN TADPOLE. Evolution and maitenance......Page 290
DIVERSITY. Familial and generic characterizations......Page 306
GLOSSARY......Page 349
LITERATURE CITED......Page 359
AUTHOR INDEX......Page 429
SUBJECT INDEX......Page 439