Author: László Pintér
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Category : Mollusks
Languages : de
Pages : 374

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Author: Winston Frank Ponder
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1351115650
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 900

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Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry diseases, while many non-marine molluscs are threatened by human impacts which have resulted in more extinctions than all tetrapod vertebrates combined. This book and its companion volume provide the first comprehensive account of the Mollusca in decades. Illustrated with hundreds of colour figures, it reviews molluscan biology, genomics, anatomy, physiology, fossil history, phylogeny and classification. This volume includes general chapters drawn from extensive and diverse literature on the anatomy and physiology of their structure, movement, reproduction, feeding, digestion, excretion, respiration, nervous system and sense organs. Other chapters review the natural history (including ecology) of molluscs, their interactions with humans, and assess research on the group. Key features of both volumes: up to date treatment with an extensive bibliography; thoroughly examines the current understanding of molluscan anatomy, physiology and development; reviews fossil history and phylogenetics; overviews ecology and economic values; and summarises research activity and suggests future directions for investigation. Winston F Ponder was a Principal Research Scientist at The Australian Museum in Sydney where he is currently a Research Fellow. He has published extensively over the last 55 years on the systematics, evolution, biology and conservation of marine and freshwater molluscs, as well as supervised post graduate students and run university courses. David R. Lindberg is former Chair of the Department of Integrative Biology, Director of the Museum of Paleontology, and Chair of the Berkeley Natural History Museums, all at the University of California. He has conducted research on the evolutionary history of marine organisms and their habitats on the rocky shores of the Pacific Rim for more than 40 years. The numerous elegant and interpretive illustrations were produced by Juliet Ponder.

Author: Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Department of Mollusks
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Category : Mollusks
Languages : en
Pages : 344

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Category : Mollusks
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 136

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Author: British Library. Document Supply Centre
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Category : Conference proceedings
Languages : en
Pages : 792

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Author: British Library. Lending Division
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Category : Congresses and conventions
Languages : en
Pages : 780

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Author: Tina L. Thurston
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443815373
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 305

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Reimagining Regional Analysis explores the interplay between different methodological and theoretical approaches to regional analysis in archaeology. The past decades have seen significant advances in methods and instrumental techniques, including geographic information systems, the new availability of aerial and satellite images, and greater emphasis on non-traditional data, such as pollen, soil chemistry and botanical remains. At the same time, there are new insights into human impacts on ancient environments and increased recognition of the importance of micro-scale changes in human society. These factors combine to compel a reimagining of regional archaeology. The authors in this volume focus on understanding individual trajectories and the historically contingent relationships between the social, the economic, the political and the sacred as reflected regionally. Among topics considered are the social construction of landscape; use of spatial patterning to interpret social variability; paleoenvironmental reconstruction and human impacts; and social memory and social practice. This book opens a discourse around the spatial patterning of the contingent, recursive relationships between people, their social activities and the environment.

Author: A. W. R. Whittle
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ISBN: 9789637391927
Category : Antiquities, Prehistoric
Languages : en
Pages : 808

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Säugetier - Schaf - Ziege - Fisch - Schlachtung.

Author: E. Alison Kay
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 9782831700533
Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 100

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