Ethology

This book examines the many facets of cooperative behavior in primates and humans as some of the world's leading experts review and summarize the state-of-the-art of theoretical and empirical studies of cooperation. This book is the first to bridge the...

The purpose of this series is to provide an overview of recent research de velopments in the field of alcoholism so that interested professionals and researchers may keep abreast of this complex, multidisciplinary work. These annual volumes will present...

This book covers central aspects of behavioral ecology, including sexual selection, social and genetic mating systems, cooperative breeding, brood parasitism, brood reduction, migration, personalities and communication. Over the past several years,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250872968Author James BridleFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 454g

This book is the first volume of the bioacoustics series published by the Society for Bioacoustics. This volume provides an overview of the advances and recent topics in acoustic communication in various animals. Most animals produce vibrations and...

The book provides basic understanding of the various topics of wildlife which will be useful for biologist, zoologist, veterinarians working in forest ,zoos or at field level where they use to get wild animals for post mortem or for treatment. It also...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629638751Author Peter KropotkinFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press

An understanding of the work of zoos and aquariums is central to many programmes of study in wildlife conservation and more specialised programmes in zoo and aquarium science and management. This book is intended as a study and revision guide for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615198610Author Benjamin Von BrackelFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint The Experiment LLCPublisher The Experiment LLCWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398420359Author Jitka SchieffFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Lion in the Living Room comes a fascinating and provocative exploration of the biology of motherhood that "is witty, reassuring, and takes motherhood out of the footnotes and places it front and...

For centuries, people have been returning to the same tired nature-versus-nurture debate, trying to determine what we learn and what we inherit. In Dancing Cockatoos and the Dead Man Test, biologist Marlene Zuk goes beyond the binary and instead focuses...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780620973021Author Jenny ShoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Jenny ShonePublisher Jenny ShoneWeight(grams) 304g

The fifth edition of this bestselling textbook provides a comprehensive description of the anatomy and physiology of dogs, cats, horses, farmed animals, birds and exotics. For the new edition there are 255 online questions and answers and beautiful...

A bizarre and compelling biography of a scientist and his work, using rodent cities to question the potential catastrophes of human overpopulation. It was the strangest of experiments. What began as a utopian environment, where mice had sumptuous...

‘Wonderful . . . Endlessly interesting and beautifully written’ DAILY TELEGRAPH ‘Steady-headed and fun’ SUNDAY TIMES‘Read this book and, I promise, you’ll never listen to animals in the same way again’ JESSICA PIERCE, author of Who’s a Good Dog?Why...

What the honey bee can teach us about evolution—and ourselves.How did the honey bee evolve into the complex colonial species that exists today—and what does its evolution have to teach us about our own species? In Honey Bee Social Evolution, entomologist...

A marvelously illustrated guide to color in the natural worldRecent years have seen tremendous strides in the fields of vision, visual ecology, and our own multilayered experience of color in life and the world. These advances have been driven by...

From a leading researcher on dolphin communication, a deep dive into the many ways animal species communicate with their kin, their neighboring species, and us. If you could pose one question to a dolphin, what would it be? And what might a dolphin ask...

Evolution is a series of bets and no animal gambles the way humans do. This has led us to unprecedented ecological dominance, via the steepest odds and unlikeliest of outcomes. But our winning streak cuts both ways: the secret to our success may yet be...

Cat lovers will know all too well that one of the characteristics they admire most is their cat's ability to remain mysterious, but new and seasoned owners alike will also know that because of this we often misread their signals and some of their...

A Professional's Guide to Feline Behaviour is an invaluable resource for veterinarians, shelter workers, behaviourist and others working cats, while being accessible to anyone who shares their life with a cat and wants to gain a deeper understanding of...

A Professional's Guide to Feline Behaviour is an invaluable resource for veterinarians, shelter workers, behaviourist and others working cats, while being accessible to anyone who shares their life with a cat and wants to gain a deeper understanding of...