Zoology

Beekeeping is a sixteen-billion-dollar-a-year business. But the invaluable honey bee now faces severe threats from diseases, mites, pesticides, and overwork, not to mention the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder, which causes seemingly healthy bees to...

The Lapwing once had many regional names; the Loon has a British-American identity crisis and the respectable-sounding Apostlebird is often called a Lousy Jack. Why do bird names, both common and scientific, change over time and why do they vary so much...

An engaging exploration of the wondrous social webs that permeate life in animal societies around the world. It’s all about who you know. Whether vampire bats sharing blood meals for survival, field crickets remembering champion fighters, macaque...

Oxford Classical Texts (forming the series formerly known as Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis), are renowned for their scholarly reliability and clear presentation. Each volume in the series contains a text which has been rigorously edited...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262046589Author Emmanuelle PouydebatFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Amphibians are the oldest tetrapod group and show an astonishing diversity in lifestyles, many of them being unique. However, globally, they are on a decline. Hence, their study is fundamental to understanding the evolution of diversity and conserving...

Return to the Sea portrays the life and evolutionary times of marine mammals-from giant whales and sea cows that originated 55 million years ago to the deep-diving elephant seals and clam-eating walruses of modern times. This fascinating account of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913565657Author Ann McNairFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Tarquin PublicationsPublisher Tarquin PublicationsDimensions(mm) 297mm * 210mm * 3mm

Darwin famously described special difficulties in explaining social evolution in insects. More than a century later, the evolution of sociality - defined broadly as cooperative group living - remains one of the most intriguing problems in biology...

With nearly six hundred identified species of birds-and an average of five "new" species discovered annually-Belize is becoming a birding hotspot for amateur and professional birders from around the globe. Thousands of birders visit the country each year...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909488496Author Karl ShukerFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint CFZ PressPublisher CFZ PressWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 5mm

Population Biology of Vector-Borne Diseases is the first comprehensive survey of this rapidly developing field. The chapter topics provide an up-to-date presentation of classical concepts, reviews of emerging trends, synthesis of existing knowledge, and...

With its iconic appearance and historic popular appeal, the giraffe is the world's tallest living terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant. Recent years have seen much-needed new research undertaken to improve our understanding of this unique animal...

In the wake of the Scientific Revolution, the impulse to name and classify the natural world accelerated, and insects presented a particularly inviting challenge. This lively book explores how science became increasingly important in nineteenth-century...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783742486Author Professor Sir Patrick BatesonFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Open Book PublishersPublisher Open Book PublishersWeight(grams)...

Studying invertebrates is a comprehensive guide to designing and carrying out ecological investigations, especially those involving sampling invertebrates. A highly practical guide to fieldwork, statistical testing and interpretation. The book introduces...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580898102Author Melissa StewartFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.Publisher Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.

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Mammalian hair has long played a role in human society; as fur for clothing, in the production of cloth, or in the production of brushes. Scientists too make use of mammalian hair as a diagnostic tool in areas such as animal ecology, wildlife biology,...

Passive acoustic monitoring is increasingly used by the scientific community to study, survey and census marine mammals, especially cetaceans, many of which are easier to hear than to see. PAM is also used to support efforts to mitigate potential...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788496553507Author Josep del Hoyo CalduchFormat HardbackPage Count 812Imprint Lynx EdicionsPublisher Alada Books, S.L.Weight(grams) 4620g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616206420Author Elisabeth Tova BaileyFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Algonquin BooksPublisher Algonquin BooksWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 175mm...

The most trusted and best-selling textbook on the diverse forms and fascinating lives of vertebrate animals.Covering crucial topics from morphology and behavior to ecology and zoogeography, Donald Linzey's popular textbook, Vertebrate Biology, has long...

Organised into four sections, this text discusses the organisation of the living world. Links Ecology, Biodiversity and BiogeographyBridges modern and conventional EcologyBuilds sequentially from the concept and importance of species, through patterns...

Physiological Systems in Insects, Fourth Edition explores why insects have become the dominant animals on the planet. Sections describe the historical investigations that have led us to our current understanding of insect systems. Integrated within a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528771856Author Charles DarwinFormat HardbackPage Count 170Imprint White PressPublisher White PressWeight(grams) 367g

Some of the most exciting recent advances in animal behaviour have occurred at the interface between that subject and the study of evolution. This book, written by experts in this area, illustrates how the profound changes in our understanding of...

Concise, problem-oriented and accessibly designed, the second edition of the Pocket Handbook of Small Animal Medicine focuses on the essentials of medicine and surgery of the dog and cat. Packed with bullet points, flowcharts and tables for quick...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788487334221Author Josep del Hoyo CalduchFormat HardbackPage Count 812Imprint Lynx EdicionsPublisher Alada Books, S.L.Weight(grams) 4120g

Homosexuality is an evolutionary paradox in search for a resolution, not a medical condition in search for a cure. Homosexual behavior is common among social animals, and mainly expressed within the context of a bisexual sexual orientation. Exclusive...

Ungulates are an extraordinarily important group of animals worldwide, at many levels - in their remarkable biodiversity; in many cases, as keystone species with a disproportionate effect on the functioning of the wider ecological systems of which they...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385314282Author Jeffrey Moussaieff MassonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell...

This book offers a new understanding of the relationship between family structures and narrative structure in the nineteenth-century novel. Comparing Russia and England, it argues that the two nations had fundamentally different conceptions of the family...

This classic work by F. W. L. Sladen (1876-1921) was published in 1912. Captivated by the bees in the grounds of his home, he produced his first essay on them in 1892, and later began to keep bees and produce honey as a livelihood, at the same time...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938398056Author Karl P N ShukerFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Anomalist BooksPublisher Anomalist BooksWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

Incompressible Fluid Dynamics is a textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate students of engineering, applied mathematics, and geophysics. The text comprises topics that establish the broad conceptual framework of the subject, expose key...

Ernst Mayr is perhaps the most distinguished biologist of the twentieth century, and Systematics and the Origin of Species may be one of his greatest and most influential books. This classic study, first published in 1942, helped to revolutionize...

Original edition reissued in 2023 with new cover. This is a print on demand title and is not held in stock. The delivery leadtimes will be longer. This book sets out to present a synthesis of current knowledge of the biology of the Barbary macaque...

Analysing the physiological adaptations of marine mammals and seabirds, this book provides a comprehensive overview of what allows these species to overcome the challenges of diving to depth on a single breath of air. Through comparative reviews of texts...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780951287224Author JONATHAN DOWNESFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint CFZ PressPublisher CFZ PressWeight(grams) 430g