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  • Biodiversity

    An Introduction

    de Kevin J. Gaston, John I. Spicer ...
    This concise introductory text provides a complete overview of biodiversity - what it is, how it arose, its distribution, why it is important, human impact upon it, and what should be done to maintain it.Timely overview of the serious attempts made to quantify and describe biodiversity in a scientific wayActs as an easy entry point into the primary literatureProvides real-world examples of key ... Leer más

    $83.00 USD

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  • Pleasurable Kingdom

    Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good

    de Jonathan Balcombe, Peter Singer ...
    Series series MacSci
    "Fascinating and often moving, this book emphasizes that animals—like us—truly have personalities, minds and emotions." —Jane GoodallThe recognition of animal pain and stress, once controversial, is now acknowledged by legislation in many countries, but there is no formal recognition of animals' ability to feel pleasure. Pleasurable Kingdom is the first book for lay-readers to present new evidence ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Badger Behaviour, Conservation & Rehabilitation

    70 Years of Getting to Know Badgers

    de George E. Pearce ...
    Series series Pelagic Monographs
    A fascinating insight into the badger’s world. Badger biology, life in the sett, rescue & rehabilitation, consultancy, badgers & farming, and badger-watching with George Pearce – an expert on badgers.George has surveyed over 700 sites, visited 1,500 setts, been consulted as an expert in 120 animal cruelty cases and rehabilitated more than 100 badgers. Brought up on a farm, he earned his living as ... Leer más

    $36.99 USD

  • Australian Bird Names

    Origins and Meanings

    de Ian Fraser, Jeannie Gray ...
    This second edition of Australian Bird Names is a completely updated checklist of Australian birds and the meanings behind their common and scientific names, which may be useful, useless or downright misleading! For each species, the authors examine the many-and-varied common names and full scientific name, with derivation, translation and a guide to pronunciation. Stories behind the name are ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • Genetics and the Social Behavior of the Dog

    de John Paul Scott, John L. Fuller ...
    The classic study of canine behavior: "A major authoritative work…Immensely rewarding reading for anyone concerned with dog-breeding."— Times Literary SupplementBased on twenty years of research at the Jackson Laboratory, this is the single most important and comprehensive reference work on the behavior of dogs ever compiled, written by geneticist and comparative psychologist John Paul Scott, ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Evolutionary Biomechanics

    Selection, Phylogeny, and Constraint

    de Graham Taylor, Adrian Thomas ...
    Series series Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution
    Evolutionary biomechanics is the study of evolution through the analysis of biomechanical systems. Its unique advantage is the precision with which physical constraints and performance can be predicted from first principles. Instead of reviewing the entire breadth of the biomechanical literature, a few key examples are explored in depth as vehicles for discussing fundamental concepts, analytical ... Leer más

    $42.99 USD

  • Zoo Ethics

    The Challenges of Compassionate Conservation

    de Jenny Gray ...
    Well-run modern zoos and aquariums do important research and conservation work and teach visitors about the challenges of animals in the wild and the people striving to save them. They help visitors to consider their impact and think about how they can make a difference. Yet for many there is a sense of disquiet and a lingering question remains – can modern zoos be ethically justified? Zoo Ethics ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

  • Visual Ecology

    de Thomas W. Cronin, Eric J. Warrant, Sönke Johnsen, Justin Marshall ...
    A comprehensive treatment of visual ecologyVisual ecology is the study of how animals use visual systems to meet their ecological needs, how these systems have evolved, and how they are specialized for particular visual tasks. Visual Ecology provides the first up-to-date synthesis of the field to appear in more than three decades. Featuring some 225 illustrations, including more than 140 in color, ... Leer más

    $68.39 USD

  • NEANDERTHAL

    The Strange Saga of the Minnesota Iceman

    de Bernard Heuvelmans, Loren Coleman, Paul LeBlond ...
    NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME… THE TRUE STORY OF THE MINNESOTA ICEMAN! The story begins at the end of 1968 in New Jersey, when zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans and biologist Ivan Sanderson first hear from a correspondent about the frozen corpse of an extremely hairy man-like creature being exhibited in the Midwest. Upon arrival in Minnesota, the two scientists come face to face with a “hominid” ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • Theory-Based Ecology

    A Darwinian approach

    de Gabriella Magyar, Liz Pásztor, Zoltán Botta-Dukát, Tamás Czárán, Géza Meszéna ...
    Ecology is in a challenging state as a scientific discipline. While some theoretical ecologists are attempting to build a definition of ecology from first principles, many others are questioning even the feasibility of a general and universal theory. At the same time, it is increasingly important that ecology is accurately and functionally defined for a generation of researchers tackling ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD

  • The Evolution of Parental Care

    de Mathias Kölliker ...
    Parental care includes a wide variety of traits that enhance offspring development and survival. It is taxonomically widespread and is central to the maintenance of biodiversity through its close association with other phenomena such as sexual selection, life-history evolution, sex allocation, sociality, cooperation and conflict, growth and development, genetic architecture, and phenotypic ... Leer más

    $82.99 USD

  • Stations in the Field

    A History of Place-Based Animal Research, 1870-1930

    de Raf De Bont ...
    When we think of sites of animal research that symbolize modernity, the first places that come to mind are grand research institutes in cities and near universities that house the latest in equipment and technologies, not the surroundings of the bird’s nest, the octopus’s garden in the sea, or the parts of inland lakes in which freshwater plankton reside. Yet during the late nineteenth and early ... Leer más

    $30.99 USD