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The Environmental Impact of Burrowing Animals and Animal Burrows
The Proceeding of a Symposium held at the Zoological Society of London on 3rd and 4th May 1990
Inbunden, 1992
659 kr
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This volume examines the impact of burrowing animals on the environment, over a wide range of taxa - ants, beetles, wood-borers, nematodes, fish, rabbits, badgers, rats - paying equal attention to terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Burrowing activities have significant environmental effects, such as …
Ecology, Evolution, and Behaviour of Bats
The Proceedings of a Symposium held by the Zoological Society of London and Mammal Society: London, 26th and 27th November 1993
Av Paul A. Racey, Susan M. Swift
Inbunden, 1995
985 kr
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Bats are the only true flying mammals and account for about a quarter of all mammal species. This book covers many aspects of bat biology, including their evolutionary origins, roles in ecosystems, reproductive biology, foraging behaviour, hibernation, and genetics. The subject of fruit eating bats …
The Biology of Xenopus
Inbunden, 1996
2856 kr
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Xenopus, the African clawed frog, is one of the three most widely cited vertebrate animals in the biological literature, yet almost all knowledge is based on laboratory experience of a single species, Xenopus laevis from South Africa. Despite the occurrence of these frogs in habitats ranging from …
Venomous Snakes
Ecology, Evolution, and Snakebite
Av R. S. Thorpe, W. Wuster m. fl.
Inbunden, 1996
2878 kr
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This is the first book to present a multidisciplinary approach to venomous snake research. As well as focusing on the medical aspects of snake venoms and the effects of snakebites, the book examines the evolution and ecology of venomous snakes, which are so crucial in the search for snakebite …
Mammalian Social Learning
Comparative and Ecological Perspectives
Av Hilary O. Box, Kathleen R. Gibson
Häftad, 2006
1090 kr
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Social learning commonly refers to the social transfer of information and skill among individuals. It encompasses a wide range of behaviours that include where and how to obtain food, how to interact with members of one's own social group, and to identify and respond appropriately to predators. The …
Behaviour and Ecology of Riparian Mammals
Av Nigel Dunstone, Martyn L. Gorman
Häftad, 2007
924 kr
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Many mammals, such as otters, live in close association with rivers and streams, feeding in them, or using them as a place of safety or means of escape from predators. The distinct adaptations that riparian mammals have evolved in order to live in these environments also handicap them for living …
Behaviour and Ecology of Riparian Mammals
Av Nigel Dunstone, Martyn L. Gorman
Inbunden, 1998
2492 kr
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Many mammals, such as otters, live in close association with rivers and streams, feeding in them, or using them as a place of safety or means of escape from predators. The distinct adaptations that riparian mammals have evolved in order to live in these environments also handicap them for living …
Mammalian Social Learning
Comparative and Ecological Perspectives
Av Hilary O. Box, Kathleen R. Gibson
Inbunden, 1999
2492 kr
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Social learning commonly refers to the social transfer of information and skill among individuals. It encompasses a wide range of behaviours that include where and how to obtain food, how to interact with members of one's own social group, and to identify and respond appropriately to predators. The …
