Die Belemniten des süddeutschen Jura: Ein Bestimmungsbuch by Rudolf Schlegelmilch

Mammal Teeth

During this detailed e-book, Peter S. Ungar tells the tale of mammalian tooth from their foundation via their evolution to their present range. Mammal enamel lines the evolutionary historical past of enamel, starting with the first actual mineralized vertebrate buildings part 1000000000 years in the past. Ungar describes how the easy conical enamel of early vertebrates turned the molars, incisors, and other kinds we see in mammals this present day.

The House of Owls

For 1 / 4 of a century, Tony Angell and his relatives shared the extraordinary event of heavily looking at pairs of western screech owls that occupied a nesting field open air the window in their wooded area domestic. The journals during which the writer recorded his observations, and the eye-catching drawings he created, shape the guts of this compelling book—a own account of an artist-naturalist’s lifestyles 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 smooth classics One Man’s Owl and brain of the Raven, Bernd Heinrich has written memorably approximately his relationships with wild ravens and a superb horned owl.

Social Behavior of Female Vertebrates

Social habit of lady Vertebrates specializes in the evolution of reproductive habit in lady 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 to be like on the evolution of mating structures; the co-evolution of the sexes; sex-role reversal; reproductive festival among ladies; maternal habit; and the way women improve the funding acquired by means of their offspring from others.