The dicynodonts, an important group of permo-triassic reptiles, were the first really successful herbivorous tetrapods. Moreover they provided the bulk of the prey species for the ecosystem in which the mammals evolved, which makes them interesting in a wider context.

This book looks at how an animal is organized to carry out a difficult task - that of feeding on plants. The complex adaptations necessary to enable animals to obtain nutrients successfully from a herbivorous diet are many. For the first time these problems are examined here purely from the perspective of reptiles. Common themes are teased out and arranged chronologically to help gain an understanding of the patterns of diversity change in the group. This book will be of great interest to researchers and students of zoology, palaeontology, evolution, ecology, functional anatomy and...

Nuisance phone calls, texts and e-mails can be annoying and invasive. Silent calls, recorded calls and lives sales calls are invading our lives on a daily basis now. This book is a brief look at the UK laws that should protect us from such communications and how we can use them to minimise the misery of the Direct Marketing activities of the people who are calling, texting and e-mailing us to sell their goods and services. Many people deal with these communications in ineffective ways and continue to suffer the daily intrusions of people selling anything from solar panels to PPI claims. There...