Author : Thomas E. Burke
Release : 2013
Genre : Nature
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Book Rating : 850/5 ( reviews)

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Land Snails and Slugs of the Pacific Northwest - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Land Snails and Slugs of the Pacific Northwest write by Thomas E. Burke. This book was released on 2013. Land Snails and Slugs of the Pacific Northwest available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Terrestrial mollusks, the second largest phylum in the animal kingdom, are vitally important to the earth's ecology. With the publication of Land Snails and Slugs of the Pacific Northwest, a definitive and comprehensive guide to snails and slugs of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and western Montana is finally available. Primarily an identification guide, this richly illustrated volume offers complete information on the range of terrestrial mollusk shapes, sizes, and characteristics. It presents an overview of their habitat requirements as well as details of land snail and slug ecology, collection and preservation methods, and biogeography. Land Snails and Slugs of the Pacific Northwest is an essential reference for biologists, horticulturalists, gardeners, and naturalists, and anyone wishing to identify species in the field. * Identification keys and species accounts for most of the 245 taxa of terrestrial slugs and snails in the region * 280 full-color photographs of 155 species and subspecies * Range maps for most species