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Anpassungskapazität naturschutzfachlich wichtiger Tierarten an den Klimawandel
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ISBN: 9783784340395 Year: 2014 Publisher: Bonn BfN

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Sloten. Ecologisch functioneren en beheer
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ISBN: 9789050115094 Year: 2014 Publisher: Zeist : KNNV,

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Zeeboek : determinatietabellen voor flora en fauna van de Nederlandse kust.
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ISBN: 9789051070002 9051070004 Year: 2014 Publisher: 's Graveland Stichting Jeugdbondsuitgeverij

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The Scientific Nomenclature of Birds in the Upper Midwest.
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ISBN: 1609382609 9781609382605 9781609382254 1609382250 Year: 2014 Publisher: Iowa City University of Iowa Press

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The translation and explanation of genus and species names yield markers to help us identify birds in the field as well as remember distinctive traits. Having a basic understanding of the scientific and common names of birds reveals insights into their color, behavior, habitat, or geography. Knowing that Cyanocitta means "blue chatterer" and cristata means "crested, tufted" or that Anas means "a duck" and clypeata means "armed with a shield" tells you just about everything you need to identify a Blue Jay or a Northern Shoveler. In this portable reference book,

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Birds --- Aves --- Avian fauna --- Avifauna --- Wild birds --- Amniotes --- Vertebrates --- Ornithology


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Le crocodile qui avait peur de l'eau
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ISBN: 9782203077058 Year: 2014 Publisher: Paris Les Albums Casterman

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Journal of animals.
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ISSN: 2314825X Year: 2014 Publisher: Cario : Hindawi Publishing Corporation,

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The Oxford handbook of animal studies
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ISBN: 9780199983186 Year: 2014 Publisher: New York, N.Y. Oxford University Press

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Welcome to Subirdia : Sharing Our Neighborhoods with Wrens, Robins, Woodpeckers, and Other Wildlife
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ISBN: 0300210302 9780300210309 1322094535 9781322094533 0300197071 9780300197075 9780300197075 Year: 2014 Publisher: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press,

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Even as growing cities and towns pave acres of landscape, some bird species have adapted and thrived. How has this come about?Welcome to Subirdia presents a surprising discovery: the suburbs of many large cities support incredible biological diversity. Populations and communities of a great variety of birds, as well as other creatures, are adapting to the conditions of our increasingly developed world. In this fascinating and optimistic book, John Marzluff reveals how our own actions affect the birds and animals that live in our cities and towns, and he provides ten specific strategies everyone can use to make human environments friendlier for our natural neighbors. Over many years of research and fieldwork, Marzluff and student assistants have closely followed the lives of thousands of tagged birds seeking food, mates, and shelter in cities and surrounding areas. From tiny Pacific wrens to grand pileated woodpeckers, diverse species now compatibly share human surroundings. By practicing careful stewardship with the biological riches in our cities and towns, Marzluff explains, we can foster a new relationship between humans and other living creatures-one that honors and enhances our mutual destiny.


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Animals in the ancient world from A to Z
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ISBN: 9780415392433 0415392438 9780203087503 9781138243125 Year: 2014 Publisher: New York, NY : Routledge,

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The ancient Greeks and Romans lived in a world teeming with animals. Animals were integral to ancient commerce, war, love, literature and art. Inside the city they were found as pets, pests, and parasites. They could be sacred, sacrificed, liminal, workers, or intruders from the wild. Beyond the city domesticated animals were herded and bred for profit and wild animals were hunted for pleasure and gain alike. Specialists like Aristotle, Aelian, Pliny and Seneca studied their anatomy and behavior. Geographers and travelers described new lands in terms of their animals. Animals are to be seen on every possible artistic medium, woven into cloth and inlaid into furniture. They are the subject of proverbs, oaths and dreams. Magicians, physicians and lovers turned to animals and their parts for their crafts. They paraded before kings, inhabited palaces, and entertained the poor in the arena. Quite literally, animals pervaded the ancient world from A-Z. In entries ranging from short to long, Kenneth Kitchell offers insight into this commonly overlooked world, covering representative and intriguing examples of mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates. Familiar animals such as the cow, dog, fox and donkey are treated along with more exotic animals such as the babirussa, pangolin, and dugong. The evidence adduced ranges from Minoan times to the Late Roman Empire and is taken from archaeology, ancient authors, inscriptions, papyri, coins, mosaics and all other artistic media. Whenever possible reasoned identifications are given for ancient animal names and the realities behind animal lore are brought forth. Why did the ancients think hippopotamuses practiced blood letting on themselves? How do you catch a monkey? Why were hyenas thought to be hermaphroditic? Was there really a vampire moth? Entries are accompanied by full citations to ancient authors and an extensive bibliography. Of use to Classics students and scholars, but written in a style designed to engage anyone interested in Greco-Roman antiquity, Animals in the Ancient World from A to Z reveals the extent and importance of the animal world to the ancient Greeks and Romans. It answers many questions, asks several more, and seeks to stimulate further research in this important field.


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Cambrian Ocean World : Ancient Sea Life of North America
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ISBN: 0253011884 9780253011886 9780253011824 0253011825 Year: 2014 Publisher: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press,

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This volume, aimed at the general reader, presents life and times of the amazing animals that inhabited Earth more than 500 million years ago. The Cambrian Period was a critical time in Earth's history. During this immense span of time nearly every modern group of animals appeared. Although life had been around for more than 2 million millennia, Cambrian rocks preserve the record of the first appearance of complex animals with eyes, protective skeletons, antennae, and complex ecologies. Grazing, predation, and multi-tiered ecosystems with animals living in, on, or above the sea floor became co

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