Zoogeomorphology : animals as geomorphic agents /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1995.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Definitions, scope, and limitations. Geomorphic influences of invertebrates : Geomorphic effects of terrestrial invertebrates
- Aquatic invertebrates
- Conclusions. Geomorphic accomplishments of ectothermic vertebrates : Geomorphic role of fish
- Geomorphic role of amphibians
- Geomorphic role of reptiles
- Conclusions. Birds as agents of erosion, transportation, and deposition : Introduction
- Internal clast transport as gastroliths
- Geophagy
- Clast transport for use as tools
- Transport of materials for use in nest building
- Mound building
- Vegetation removal and its geomorphic effects
- Burrowing and nest-cavity excavations
- Conclusions. Geomorphic effects of digging for and caching food : Digging for food
- Caching for food. Trampling, wallowing, and geophagy by mammals : Trampling
- Wallowing
- Geophagy
- Trampling erosion associated with a natural salt lick
- Conclusions. Geomorphic effects of mammalian burrowing : Introduction
- Burrowing and denning
- Question of Mima mounds
- Conclusions. Geomorphic influence of beavers : Beaver species and morphology
- Historical and modern distribution of the beaver
- Dam building and its geomorphic effects
- Beaver pond environment and associated geomorphic influences
- Sedimentation and sedimentation rates in beaver ponds
- Catastrophic dam failure and its effects
- Conclusion.