text by Gordon Grigg ; illustrations by David Kirshner ; foreword by Rick Shine
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xviii, 649 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
27 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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