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" Biology and evolution of crocodylians / "
text by Gordon Grigg ; illustrations by David Kirshner ; foreword by Rick Shine
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BL
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598832
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b428051
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| Main Entry
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Grigg, Gordon C., (Gordon Clifford)
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Biology and evolution of crocodylians /\ text by Gordon Grigg ; illustrations by David Kirshner ; foreword by Rick Shine
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xviii, 649 pages :: illustrations ;; 27 cm
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| ISBN
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9780801454103 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0801454107 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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1. Introduction -- 2. The crocodylian family tree -- 3. Crocodylians closer up -- 4. Locomotion, buoyancy and travel -- 5. Sensory skills and brain -- 6. Feeding, digestion and nutrition -- 7. Energy supply and delivery -- 8. The world's most extraordinary heart -- 9. Diving and submergence behaviour and physiology -- 10. Thermal relations -- 11. Salt and water balance -- 12. Reproduction -- 13. Populations and population ecology -- 14. Conservation, commercialisation and conflict
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Crocodilians
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| Dewey Classification
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597.98
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QL666.C9G75 2015
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Kirshner, David
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Shine, Rick
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