A detailed study of the natural history of moles and desmans which places them in a large ecological framework. Neither animal is easy to study, moles because of their underground life and desmans because they are aquatic. Only in the last three decades has substantial information on their biology been gathered from their habitats in Europe and North America and the mountain streams of the Pyrenees and areas of Russia. The authors give an overview of their biological family, the talpidae, and assess the evolutionary history ...
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A detailed study of the natural history of moles and desmans which places them in a large ecological framework. Neither animal is easy to study, moles because of their underground life and desmans because they are aquatic. Only in the last three decades has substantial information on their biology been gathered from their habitats in Europe and North America and the mountain streams of the Pyrenees and areas of Russia. The authors give an overview of their biological family, the talpidae, and assess the evolutionary history and taxonomic relationships of the different members together with the geographical distribution of species. The different ways of life - aquatic and subterranean are compared and the work examines diet and feeding, and patterns of daily activity together with reproduction and population demography. The relationships with neighbours and habitat are investigated as well as man's attitudes towards the management and conservation of these species.
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Very Good. Very Good Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 138. 138 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket with one short tear at top right corner. Hint of light foxing top fore-edge. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.