Die Ammoniten des süddeutschen Malms: Ein Bestimmungsbuch by Rudolf Schlegelmilch

Mammal Teeth

During this specified publication, Peter S. Ungar tells the tale of mammalian tooth from their starting place via their evolution to their present variety. Mammal the teeth strains the evolutionary heritage of enamel, starting with the first actual mineralized vertebrate buildings part 1000000000 years in the past. Ungar describes how the straightforward conical the teeth of early vertebrates grew to become the molars, incisors, and different kinds we see in mammals this day.

The House of Owls

For 1 / 4 of a century, Tony Angell and his relations shared the outstanding adventure of heavily staring at pairs of western screech owls that occupied a nesting field outdoor the window in their woodland domestic. The journals during which the writer recorded his observations, and the pleasing drawings he created, shape the center 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 glossy classics One Man’s Owl and brain of the Raven, Bernd Heinrich has written memorably approximately his relationships with wild ravens and a good 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 girl attitudes towards men. It additionally appears on the evolution of mating platforms; the co-evolution of the sexes; sex-role reversal; reproductive pageant among ladies; maternal habit; and the way ladies improve the funding obtained via their offspring from others.