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Cooperative breeders are species in which more than a pair of individuals assist in the production of young. Cooperative breeding is found in only a few hundred bird species world-wide, and understanding this often strikingly altruistic behaviour has...

Anthrozoology, the study of human-animal interactions (HAIs), has experienced substantial growth during the past 20 years and it is now timely to synthesise what we know from empirical evidence about our relationships with both domesticated and wild...

Insect Sampling in Forest Ecosystems highlights the problems faced by entomologists working in forest ecosystems. Insects play a major part in all aspects of ecology Brings together the methodology needed to investigate insects through the various strata...

Mama's Last Hug is a fascinating exploration of the rich emotional lives of animals, beginning with Mama, a chimpanzee matriarch who formed a deep bond with biologist Jan van Hooff. Her story and others like it-from dogs "adopting" the injuries of their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781484640746Author Isabel ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Capstone Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977131430Author Lisa M B SimonsFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Pebble BooksPublisher Pebble BooksWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 230mm * 182mm * 8mm

The Invertebrate World of Australia's Subtropical Rainforests is a comprehensive review of Australia's Gondwanan rainforest invertebrate fauna, covering its taxonomy, distribution, biogeography, fossil history, plant community and insect-plant...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781663971807Author Jaclyn JaycoxFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Pebble BooksPublisher Pebble BooksWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 185mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781728464190Author Percy LeedFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Lerner Publications (Tm)Publisher Lerner Publications (Tm)Weight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm)...

In essays that survey the burgeoning field of tropical herpetology, former students and associates pay tribute to Jay Savage's four decades of mentoring. The result is a book unlike any other available in tropical herpetology. Covering a wide array of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977132963Author Martha E RustadFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Pebble BooksPublisher Pebble BooksWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 193mm * 198mm * 5mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977131386Author Lisa M B SimonsFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Pebble BooksPublisher Pebble BooksWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 184mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977131928Author Mari SchuhFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Capstone Press, IncorporatedPublisher Capstone Press, Incorporated

How can science teach us that animals feel no pain when our common sense observations tell us otherwise? Bernard Rollin offers welcome insight into questions like this in his ground-breaking account of the difficult and controversial issues surrounding...

In our own juvenile stage, many of us received our wide-eyed introduction to the wonders of nature by watching the metamorphosis of swimming tadpoles into leaping frogs and toads. The recent declines in amphibian populations worldwide and the suitability...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786136218410Author Epimetheus Christer HiramFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint PlacpublishingPublisher PlacpublishingWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm)...

In essays that survey the burgeoning field of tropical herpetology, former students and associates pay tribute to Jay Savage's four decades of mentoring. The result is a book unlike any other available in tropical herpetology. Covering a wide array of...

Journey with Diana Kappel-Smith into the nocturnal world of wild North America. Night Life combines scientific descriptions and personal reflections on creatures ranging from spiders and snakes to large predators of the northern Plains.Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781920901998Author Kazuo FujitaFormat HardbackPage Count 414Imprint Kyoto University Press and Trans Pacific PressPublisher Kyoto University Press and Trans...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977131997Author Jaclyn JaycoxFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Pebble BooksPublisher Pebble BooksWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 180mm * 10mm

This is a comprehensive accounting of the richest mussel fauna in the U.S.Alabama rivers and waterways are home to the largest and most diverse population of freshwater mussel species in the nation, roughly 60 per cent of U.S. mussel fauna. The Mobile...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666355420Author Megan Cooley PetersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Stone Arch BooksPublisher Capstone Press

In this first comprehensive synthesis of the literature on food hoarding in animals, Stephen B. Vander Wall discusses how animals store food, how they use food and how this use affects individual fitness, why and how food hoarding evolved, how cached...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681527000Author Annie C HoldrenFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Amicus InkPublisher Amicus InkWeight(grams) 77gDimensions(mm) 220mm * 174mm * 2mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666343472Author Mari BolteFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Stone Arch BooksPublisher Capstone Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815781493Author Scott SternFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 454g

The kea, a crow-sized parrot that lives in the rugged mountains of New Zealand, is considered by some a playful comic and by others a vicious killer. Its true character is a mystery that biologists have debated for more than a century. Judy Diamond and...

This book offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to desert ecology and adopts a strong evolutionary focus. As with other titles in the Biology of Habitats Series, the emphasis in the book is on the organisms that dominate this harsh environment,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977132956Author Martha E H RustadFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Pebble BooksPublisher Pebble BooksWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 193mm * 198mm *...

Through a series of funny dating profiles, find out more about the unbelievably weird mating habits of a variety of bachelors, bachelorettes, and non-gender-binary bachelorx, from capuchin monkeys and praying mantises to hyenas and hippos. Raunchy, yet...

Bringing Bayesian Models to Life empowers the reader to extend, enhance, and implement statistical models for ecological and environmental data analysis. We open the black box and show the reader how to connect modern statistical models to computer...

Amphibian species around the world are unusually vulnerable to a variety of threats, by no means all of which are properly understood. Volume 11 in this major series will be published in parts devoted to the causes of amphibian decline and to...

Understanding the interaction between cooperation and conflict in establishing effective social behaviour is a fundamental challenge facing societies. Reflecting the breadth of current research in this area, this volume brings together experts from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorCaspar Henderson is a writer and journalist whose work has appeared in the Financial Times, the Independent, and New Scientist. He lives in Oxford, UK...

Foraging is fundamental to animal survival and reproduction, yet it is much more than a simple matter of finding food; it is a biological imperative. Animals must find and consume resources to succeed, and they make extraordinary efforts to do so. For...

New species of animal and plant are being discovered all the time. When this happens, the new species has to be given a scientific, Latin name in addition to any common, vernacular name. In either case the species may be named after a person, often the...

The purpose of this book, now in its third edition, is to introduce the morphology of vertebrates in a context that emphasizes a comparison of structire and of the function of structural units. The comparative method involves the analysis of the history...

Optimization theory is designed to find the best ways of doing things. The structures of animals, their movements, their behavior, and their life histories have all been shaped by the optimizing processes of evolution or of learning by trial and error...

Humboldt squids, or 'Red Devils,' are the world's largest animal without a backbone. These sometimes dangerous creatures live in the deep waters of the Gulf of California. A researcher and professional diver have come to the Gulf to learn more about them...

Why are some species monogamous while others are polygamous? Why are males usually more ornamented than females? What makes one organism the hunter and another the hunted? Why do some creatures stick together in groups while others prefer to go it alone?...