Earthworms and their Allies

Both an introduction to the principal facts about earthworms and an analysis of their distribution across the world.

Frank E. Beddard (Author)

9781107401747, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 11 August 2011

160 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 0.9 cm, 0.18 kg

Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader and combined a comprehensive approach to knowledge with an emphasis on accessibility. Earthworms and their Allies, written in 1912 by Frank E. Beddard, offers both an introduction to the principal facts about earthworms and an analysis of their distribution across the world.

1. Structural and systematic
2. Mode of life
3. the external features of earthworms and their relation to habit and environment
4. Sense organs and senses of earthworms
5. Relative frequency of earthworms in different regions of the world
6. Peregrine forms
7. The earthworms of Oceanic islands
8. Movement and migration among earthworms
9. The geographical distribution of earthworms
List of literature referring to earthworms
Index.

Subject Areas: Zoology & animal sciences [PSV]