Búsqueda de Editorial : CALIFORNIA U.P.

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  • REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS *
    ZUG, GEORGE
    The Pacific is not only the world's largest body of water; its vast expanse also includes an extraordinary number and diversity of oceanic islands, from Palau and the Marianas east of the Philippines to Cocos Island and the Galapagos west of the Americas. The isolation of these islands and the extreme distances between them long prevented scientists from studying their floras a...
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    50,00 €

  • CENOZOIC MAMMALS OF AFRICA *
    WERDELIN L.
    This magnificent volume is a clear and comprehensive review of the African mammalian fossil record over the past 65 million years. "Cenozoic Mammals of Africa" includes current taxonomic and systematic revisions of all African mammal taxa, detailed compilations of fossil site occurrences, and a wealth of information regarding paleobiology, phylogeny, and biogeography. Primates,...
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    150,00 €

  • THE DINOSAURIA *
    DAVID B. WEISHAMPEL
    When "The Dinosauria" was first published more than a decade ago, it was hailed as 'the best scholarly reference work available on dinosaurs' and 'an historically unparalleled compendium of information.' This second, fully revised edition continues in the same vein as the first but encompasses the recent spectacular discoveries that have continued to revolutionize the field. A ...
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    73,00 €

  • DINOSAUR ODYSSEY: *
    SCOTT D. SAMPSON
    This captivating book, laced with evocative anecdotes from the field, gives the first holistic, up-to-date overview of dinosaurs and their world for a wide audience of readers. Situating these fascinating animals in a broad ecological and evolutionary context, leading dinosaur expert Scott D. Sampson fills us in on the exhilarating discoveries of the past twenty-five years, the...
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    45,00 €

  • MESOZOIC BIRDS *
    CHIAPPE, LUIS M.
    Our knowledge of the origin and early evolution of birds has exploded in the past ten to fifteen years. In the 1990s alone, scientists became aware of approximately three times more species of early birds than were previously known, marking the first 85 million years of avian development as a period of remarkable species diversity. Assembling work by an international group of r...
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    140,00 €

  • FIREFLIES, HONEY, AND SILK *
    GILBERT WALDBAUER
    The beauty of butterflies, the cheerful chirp of crickets, the ink our ancestors wrote with, the beeswax in altar candles, the honey on our toast, the silk we wear. This enchanting book is a highly entertaining exploration of the myriad ways insects have enriched our lives – culturally, economically, and aesthetically.Entomologist and writer Gilbert Waldbauer describes in lov...
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    42,00 €