Eiszeitliche Raubkatzen in Deutschland: Mit Zeichnungen von by Ernst Probst

Mammal Teeth

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

The House of Owls

For 1 / 4 of a century, Tony Angell and his kin shared the notable event of heavily gazing pairs of western screech owls that occupied a nesting field outdoors the window in their woodland domestic. The journals within which the writer recorded his observations, and the desirable drawings he created, shape the center 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 glossy 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 makes a speciality of the evolution of reproductive habit in girl vertebrates starting from fish to birds and people, together with problems with mate selection and different components underlying woman attitudes towards men. It additionally appears on the evolution of mating structures; the co-evolution of the sexes; sex-role reversal; reproductive festival among women; maternal habit; and the way adult females increase the funding got through their offspring from others.