The biology of terrestrial molluscs /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2001.
• Subjects: Mollusks.; Soil Biology.; Anatomy and Morphology (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Reproduction, Development and Life Cycle (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Genetics and Molecular Genetics (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Physiology and Biochemistry (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Behaviour (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Gastropoda.; Mollusca.; Animal anatomy.; Animal ecology.; Animal physiology.; Behaviour.; Feeding behaviour.; Life history.; Phylogeny.; Population genetics.; Electronic books.
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This book presents a synthesis of current knowledge and research on the biology of terrestrial gastropod molluscs, which are of importance to human societies as food, medicine, crop pests, vectors of parasites, and as tools, personal ornamentation and currency in trade. It covers the morphology, phy...

Table of Contents:

• Gastropods on Land : Phylogeny, Diversity and Adaptive Morphology / G.M. Barker
• Body Wall : Form and Function / D.L. Luchtel and I. Deyrup-Olsen
• Sensory Organs and the Nervous System / R. Chase
• Radular Structure and Function / U. Mackenstedt and K. Märkel
• Structure and Function of the Digestive System in Stylommatophora / V.K. Dimitriadis
• Food and Feeding Behaviour / B. Speiser
• Haemolymph : Blood Cell Morphology and Function / E. Furuta and K. Yamaguchi
• Structure and Functioning of the Reproductive System / B.J. Gómez
• Regulation of Growth and Reproduction / A. Gomot de Vaufleury
• Spermatogenesis and Oogenesis / J.M. Healy
• Population and Conservation Genetics / T. Backeljau, A. Baur and B. Baur
• Life History Strategies / J. Heller
• Behavioural Ecology : On Doing the Right Thing, in the Right Place at the Right Time / A. Cook
• Soil Biology and Ecotoxicology / R. Dallinger, B. Berger, R. Triebskorn-Köhler and H. Köhler.