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UNINA9910633980903321 |
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Titolo |
Snake Venom and Ecology / / edited by Mohammad Manjur Shah, [and three others] |
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London, United Kingdom : , : IntechOpen, , 2022 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (106 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Poisonous snakes - Venom |
Snakes - Ecology |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Snake Venom -- 2. Snake Venom and Therapeutic Potential -- 3. Survey of Snakes Bites among Snake Endemic Communities in North Eastern Nigeria -- 4. Ecology of Red-Tongue Viper (Gloydius ussuriensis) in Jeju Island, South Korea -- 5. Comparative Ecology of Two Species of Semiaquatic Snakes in Southeastern North America. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Snakes play a very important role in our ecosystem, helping to balance the food web and maintain biodiversity on Earth. This book highlights the extreme ecological importance of snakes with chapters on snake venom and its therapeutic potential and the ecology of some selected snake species. |
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