Slugs and snails

by Cameron, Robert Andrew Duncan

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Title Statements

Full title :Slugs and snails / Robert Cameron.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):William Collins
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016.

Notes

Une empreinte de HarperCollins Publishers.

The Physical Object

Description:1 v. (xvii-508 pages) : : illustrations en noir et en coul., cartes. ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780007113002, 0007113005, 9780007113019, 0007113013
oclc:on1029542977
LC Classification:QL430.4
Dewey Decimal:594.3

Prologue: Two unlikely conquerors and one tall story -- 1. Snails on land : structure, evolution and classification -- 2. Shells : variations on a spiral theme -- 3. Why be a slug? -- 4. Variation within species -- 5. Staying alive -- 6. Sex and reproduction -- 7. Life cycles, longevity and population biology -- 8. Habitats and microhabitats -- 9. Diversity, distribution, dispersal and the origin of snail species -- 10. Snails ad the past -- 11. Invasions, extinctions and conservation -- 12. Pests and snail-borne diseases -- 13. The uses of slugs and snails : practical, symbolic, poetic and recreational -- Appendix: Checklists and identification guides for the land slug and snail fauna of Britain and parts of Europe.

Subjects

Escargots Escargots -- Grande-Bretagne Gastéropodes -- Grande-Bretagne Great Britain Limaces Limaces -- Grande-Bretagne Slugs (Mollusks) Slugs (Mollusks) -- Great Britain Snails Snails -- Great Britain