Description
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-colour photographs of 155 species and subspecies
- Range maps for most species
Book Information
ISBN 9780870716850
Author Thomas E. Burke
Format Paperback
Page Count 344
Imprint Oregon State University
Publisher Oregon State University
Weight(grams) 850g