The biology of terrestrial molluscs / edited by G.M. Barker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barker, G. M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mollusks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (572 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York, NY, USA : CABI Pub., c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Terrestrial molluscs are a successful and diverse animal group in land-based ecosystems, and are important to humans as food, medicine, crop pests, vectors of parasites, tools, ornamentation, and currency in trade. This book offers a synthesis of knowledge on the biology of terrestrial molluscs.

Contents:

Contributors; Preface; Acronyms; 1 Gastropods on Land: Phylogeny, Diversity and Adaptive Morphology; 2 Body Wall: Form and Function; 3 Sensory Organs and the Nervous System; 4 Radular Structure and Function; 5 Structure and Function of the Digestive System in Stylommatophora; 6 Food and Feeding Behaviour; 7 Haemolymph: Blood Cell Morphology and Function; 8 Structure and Functioning of the Reproductive System; 9 Regulation of Growth and Reproduction; 10 Spermatogenesis and Oogenesis; 11 Population and Conservation Genetics; 12 Life History Strategies

13 Behavioural Ecology: On Doing the Right Thing, in the Right Place at the Right Time14 Soil Biology and Ecotoxicology; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-81153-6

9786610811533

0-85199-718-X

OCLC:

476051767