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Slugs and Snails (Hardcover, Epub Edition)
Series: Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 133
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Slugs and snails are part of the great Phylum Mollusca, a group
that contains creatures as varied as the fast-moving squid or the
sedentary clams, cockles and mussels. The largest group, however,
are the gastropods, animals originally with a single foot and a
single coiled shell. They are the only group of molluscs to have
representatives living on land as well as in the sea and
freshwaters. This book is about the slugs and snails that live on
land. For creatures living on land they are bizarre: snails carry a
huge weight of shell; both snails and slugs move slowly relative to
their potential enemies; and most are not well camouflaged. Their
wet bodies are at the mercy of dry weather and their movement is
very wasteful of energy and water. Despite all this, they are found
from the tundra through to deserts, and on all continents apart
from Antarctica. They have reached the most remote oceanic islands
and undergone amazing evolutionary developments. In terms of
species, they outnumber all land vertebrates. As pests, slugs and
snails are all too familiar. The damage that they can cause in our
gardens and to agricultural crops can be considerable and they are
remarkably tenacious and thus difficult to control. In this
long-anticipated New Naturalist volume, Robert Cameron introduces
us to this remarkable group of gastropods. While dealing with the
natural history of slugs and snails of the British Isles it also
ventures across the world to explore the wide range of structures
and ways of life of slugs and snails, particularly their sometimes
bizarre mating habits, which in turn help to illuminate the ways in
which evolution has shaped the living world. Snails can be and have
been used to explore important ideas in evolutionary biology, in
biogeography and in ecology, and Cameron draws out these
explorations, looking specifically at the role of evolution in
determining how our understanding of snails has developed over the
years.
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Imprint: |
William Collins Publishing
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 133 |
Release date: |
December 2016 |
Authors: |
Robert Cameron
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Dimensions: |
222 x 155 x 40mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
528 |
Edition: |
Epub Edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-00-711300-2 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-00-711300-5 |
Barcode: |
9780007113002 |
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