The New Encyclopędia Britannica: L-ZEncyclopędia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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Page 767
... animals on the basis of form and function into four branches : ver- tebrates , arthropods ( articulates ) , mollusks , and radiates ( animals with radial symmetry ) . Cuvier's divisions formed the basis for all subsequent ...
... animals on the basis of form and function into four branches : ver- tebrates , arthropods ( articulates ) , mollusks , and radiates ( animals with radial symmetry ) . Cuvier's divisions formed the basis for all subsequent ...
Page 773
... animals have small males that are parasitic on the females . Mobile animals employ many kinds of devices for sig- naling their availability to the opposite sex . Pheromones , sound , and visual cues are used singly or in combination ...
... animals have small males that are parasitic on the females . Mobile animals employ many kinds of devices for sig- naling their availability to the opposite sex . Pheromones , sound , and visual cues are used singly or in combination ...
Page 774
... animal wins is lost to the rest . Animals do whatever they can to acquire all the energy they can use , and in this basic sense each is competing with all the others . Ultimately , preda- tion is a mode of competition that simply ...
... animal wins is lost to the rest . Animals do whatever they can to acquire all the energy they can use , and in this basic sense each is competing with all the others . Ultimately , preda- tion is a mode of competition that simply ...
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