Behavior and Its Neural Control in Gastropod Molluscs by Ronald Chase

Mammal Teeth

During this particular ebook, Peter S. Ungar tells the tale of mammalian enamel from their starting place via their evolution to their present variety. Mammal tooth strains the evolutionary heritage of enamel, starting with the first actual mineralized vertebrate constructions part one billion years in the past. Ungar describes how the straightforward conical the teeth of early vertebrates turned the molars, incisors, and other kinds we see in mammals at the present time.

The House of Owls

For 1 / 4 of a century, Tony Angell and his kin shared the impressive adventure of heavily looking at pairs of western screech owls that occupied a nesting field outdoors the window in their wooded area domestic. The journals during which the writer recorded his observations, and the beautiful drawings he created, shape the guts of this compelling book—a own account of an artist-naturalist’s existence with owls.

One Wild Bird at a Time: Portraits of Individual Lives

The acclaimed scientist's encounters with individual wild birds, yielding “marvelous, mind-altering” (Los Angeles Times) insights and discoveries In his sleek classics One Man’s Owl and brain of the Raven, Bernd Heinrich has written memorably approximately his relationships with wild ravens and an exceptional horned owl.

Social Behavior of Female Vertebrates

Social habit of woman Vertebrates makes a speciality of the evolution of reproductive habit in woman vertebrates starting from fish to birds and people, together with problems with mate selection and different elements underlying woman attitudes towards men. It additionally appears to be like on the evolution of mating structures; the co-evolution of the sexes; sex-role reversal; reproductive pageant among adult females; maternal habit; and the way ladies increase the funding got through their offspring from others.