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Zoogeomorphology: Animals As Geomorphic Agents - Hardcover

David R. Butler

 
9780521433433: Zoogeomorphology: Animals As Geomorphic Agents
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521433436 ISBN 13: 9780521433433
Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1995

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This book examines the role of animals as geomorphic agents of landscape erosion, deposition and change.

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Animals as geomorphic agents have primarily been considered "curiosities" in the literature of geomorphology, whose spatial and quantitative influences have been seen as both limited and minor. Zoogeomorphology: Animals as Geomorphic Agents examines the distinct geomorphic influences of invertebrates, ectothermic vertebrates, birds, and mammals, and demonstrates the importance of animals as landscape sculptors. Specific processes associated with the diversity of animal influences in geomorphology are examined, including burrowing and denning, nesting, lithophagy and geophagy, wallowing and trampling, food caching, excavating for food, and dam building by beavers. Particular emphasis is placed on terrestrial animals, although aquatic animals are also discussed where appropriate. This book, which is the only one available wholly devoted to this topic, will interest graduate students and professional research workers in geomorphology, ecology, environmental science, physical geography, and geology.

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Verlag
Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1995
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0521433436
ISBN 13 
9780521433433
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Anzahl der Seiten
240
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