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Description: |
7 volumes : illustrations ; 26 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents Note: |
Partial contents: V. 1. Central nervous system, cranio-cerebral topography and cerebral hierarchy of the Canadian beaver (Castor canadensis) / G. Pilleri. -- The occurrence of extra premolar teeth in Castor canadensis / G. Pilleri. -- Vocalization and behaviour in the young beaver (Castor canadensis) / G. Pilleri, M. Gihr, C. Kraus. -- Observation on the building behaviour of the Canadian beaver (Castor canadensis) in captivity / A. Aeschbacher and G. Pilleri. -- Ingenious tool use by the Canadian beaver (Castor canadensis) in captivity / G. Pilleri. -- Beaver family organization: its implication for colony size / J. Bishir, R.A. Lancia, H.E. Hodgdon. |
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Partial contents: V. 2. Cephalization in rodents with particular reference to the Canadian beaver / G. Pilleri, M. Gihr and C. Kraus. -- Cephalization in Palaeocastor fossor and Castor canadensis (Rodentia, Castorimorpha) / G. Pilleri, M. Gihr and C. Kraus. -- Experimental study of the intellectual ability of European (Castor fiber) and Canadian (Castor canadensis) beavers / N.L. Krushinskaya, and I.L. Dmitrieva. -- Dentitional anomalies in the beaver and some other mammals / A.J.E. Cave. -- Castor breviter delineatus (reprint) / J. Bjurberg. |
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Partial contents: V. 3. J.F. Castorologia explicans castoris animalis naturam & usum medico-chemicum antidhac à Joanne Mario ... labori insolito subjecta, jam vero ejusdem auctoris & aliorum medicorum observationibus luculentis ineditis, adfectibus omissis, & propria experientia parili labore aucta à Joanne Franco. (reprint of 1685 original). |
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Partial contents: V. 4. Ontogenesis of Castor canadensis in comparison to Castor fiber and other rodents / G. Pilleri, C. Kraus and M. Gihr. -- Vocal communication outside the lodge by Canadian beavers (Castor canadensis) / H.E. Hodgdon and J.S. Larson. -- Inherited behavioural variation in a captive beaver colony / G. Pilleri. -- Winter behaviour of the captive Canadian beaver: swimming under ice / G. Pilleri. -- The use of beavers for riparian/aquatic habitat restoration of cold desert, gully-cut stream systems in southwestern Wyoming / L.L. Apple, B.H. Smith, J.D. Dunder and B.W. Baker. -- Physikalisch-anatomische Bemerkungen über den Biber, aus dem lateinischen übersetzt: mit 7. Kupfertafeln, Nürnberg, 1782 / D.C. Gottwald. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Investigations on beavers. Berne, Switzerland : Brain Anatomy Institute, 1983-<1988> (OCoLC)741987076 |