Overview

This uniquely thorough reference and guidebook offers illustrations, descriptions, and measurements for the skulls of some 275 animal species found throughout North America. The skull - the collection of bones that house and protect a creature's brain and sensory organs - is the key anatomical feature used to identify an animal and understand many of its behaviours. This book describes in words and pictures the bones and regions of the skull important to identification, including illustrations of all the bones in the cranium, leading to a greater understanding of a creature's place in the natural world. Life-size drawings make this guide an invaluable reference for wildlife professionals, trackers, and animal-lovers alike.

Full Product Details

Author:   Lawrence Mark Elbroch
Publisher:   Stackpole Books
Imprint:   Stackpole Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   1.374kg
ISBN:  

9780811733090

ISBN 10:   0811733092
Pages:   727
Publication Date:   01 December 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction; The Bones of the Skull; Understanding and Interpreting Form: The Natural History of Animal Skulls; Tracking Across the Surface of Animals Skulls; Collecting and Preparing Skulls; Skull Illustrations and Measurements; Species Accounts; Index.

Reviews

This book will appeal to anyone with a deep fascination with the structure, function, variety and beauty of the vertebrate skull, which, as we mentioned at the outset, is just about everyone. -- Mark S. Hafner and Eric A. Rickart, Journal of Mammology, 88(4): 1112-1113, 2007.

Author Information

NOBA award-winning author Mark Elbroch has contributed to numerous research projects in North America, including the capturing and collaring of cougars and Glacier National Park's bear sign survey. He lives in Vermont.

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