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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

Sir Arthur Tansley was the leading figure in ecology for the first half of the 20th century, founding the field, and forming its first professional societies. He was the first President of the British Ecological Society and the first chair of the Field...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954092665Author Mark CarwardineFormat PaperbackImprint Wanderlust Publications LtdPublisher Wanderlust Publications Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156687416Author Conrad LorenzFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Harcourt Brace InternationalPublisher Harcourt Brace International

Includes an amazing range of animals, from the largest, such as the big cats, giraffes and reindeer through to the smallest, such as the fire salamander, stoat and rock elephant shrew.Book InformationISBN 9781844761296Author Michael ChineryFormat...

Asymmetry of the brain and behaviour (lateralization) has traditionally been considered unique to humans. However, research has shown that this phenomenon is widespread throughout the vertebrate kingdom and found even in some invertebrate species. A...

Robert Trivers is one of the leading figures pioneering the field of sociobiology. For Natural Selection and Social Theory, he has selected eleven of his most influential papers, including several classic papers from the early 1970s on the evolution of...

An extensively revised third edition of this introduction to neuroethology - the neuronal basis of animal behaviour - for zoology, biology and psychology undergraduate students. The book focuses on the roles of individual nerve cells in behaviour, from...

Demystifies the academic career path with practical advice With the number of people being awarded PhDs growing far more rapidly than the supply of academic jobs, those at an early-career stage must think strategically in order to be competitive and...

Fully prepare yourself for your written exam with the latest edition of this detailed study guide Suitable for the Level 3 Technical Certificate/Diploma/Advanced Diploma in Animal Management, this study guide fully covers all of the learning...

We live more intimately with nonhuman animals than ever before in history. The change in the way we cohabitate with animals can be seen in the way we treat them when they die. There is an almost infinite variety of ways to help us cope with the loss of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789389533019Author Kishore R. PawarFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Nirali Prakashan, Educational PublishersPublisher Nirali Prakashan, Educational...

This thought-provoking book will ask what it is to be human, what to be animal, and what are the natures of the relationships between them. This is accomplished with philosophical and ethical discussions, scientific evidence and dynamic theoretical...

When Charles Darwin first proposed Sexual Selection Theory, he suggested two mechanisms: competition among males and choice by females. Although their importance is long established and extremely well understood, their mirror images have remained largely...

Dr. Dolittle-and many students of animal communication-are wrong: animals cannot use language. This fascinating book explains why. Can animals be taught a human language and use it to communicate? Or is human language unique to human beings, just as many...

Cheney and Seyfarth enter the minds of vervet monkeys and other primates to explore the nature of primate intelligence and the evolution of cognition. "This reviewer had to be restrained from stopping people in the street to urge them to read it: They...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781777790707Author Jason LavoieFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Government of CanadaPublisher Government of CanadaWeight(grams) 101gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

In Minding Animals, Marc Bekoff takes us on an exhilarating tour of the emotional and mental world of animals, where we meet creatures who do amazing things and whose lives are filled with mysteries. Following in the footsteps of Konrad Lorenz and Niko...

Organised by body system, the new edition of this highly illustrated textbook covers the normal histological appearance of tissues in a wide range of animals, both domestic and exotic species, with relevant clinical correlates emphasising the need to...

A giant of the discipline of biogeography and co-discoverer of natural selection, Alfred Russel Wallace was the most famous naturalist in the world when he died in 1913. To mark the centennial of Wallace's death, James Costa offers an elegant edition of...

This book traces the evolution of the dog, from its origins about 15,000 years ago up to recent times. The timing of dog domestication receives attention, with comparisons between different genetics-based models and archaeological evidence. Allometric...

Essentials of Animal Behaviour is an introduction to the study of animal behaviour and is primarily intended for first or second year undergraduates attending short courses in the subject. The book concentrates on putting across the basic principles as...

Mason's World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties, now in its sixth edition, has a long history as a reliable and authoritative source of key livestock breed information. Intended as a list of livestock names and synonyms for breeds,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865475915Author Scott WeidensaulFormat PaperbackPage Count 420Imprint Henry Holt & Company IncPublisher Henry Holt & Company Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909488441Author Jonathan DownesFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint CFZ PressPublisher CFZ PressWeight(grams) 122gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 4mm

This is a thorough revision and update of the highly successful first edition, which which achieved sales in excess of 4,500. The text serves as a comprehensive introduction to parasitology for both undergraduate and beginning graduate students. In this...

First published in 1983 this book provides a review of the fundamentals of the biology and mechanics of human skin. The major theme is the interaction between and dependence of the integrity of skin on, cell turnover, nutrition, control mechanisms and...

At first glance, studying behavior is easy, but as every budding ethologist quickly realises, there are a host of complex practical, methodological and analytical problems to solve before designing and conducting the study. How do you choose which...

Ernst Mayr is one of the principal architects of the 'neo-Darwinian synthesis', which has been the dominant perspective in 20th century evolutionary biology. Jared Diamond is one of the most wide-ranging minds in biology, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize...

TEARS OF THE CHEETAH is a collection of genetic detective stories that uncover the secret histories of exotic species such as the giant panda, the humpback whale, and the imperilled cheetah - the world's fastest animal that cannot escape its own genetic...

Our understanding of reproduction and reproductive processes is often biased towards the behaviour of organisms most familiar to us. As such, the amazing disparity of the phenomena of reproduction and sex is often overlooked. Understanding Reproduction...

As a novel endeavour in ecological science, this book focuses on a major issue in organismal life on Earth:species coexistence. The book crosses the usual disciplinary boundaries between palaeobiology, ecology and evolutionary biology and provides a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679742265Author Diane AckermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

First published in 2003, Birds, Scythes and Combines provides an historical perspective to changes in farmland bird populations in Britain over the past 250 years. Despite the scale of change in habitats and agricultural methods in the late eighteenth...

The Behavior of Animals An updated view of animal behavior studies, featuring global experts The Behavior of Animals, Second Edition provides a broad overview of the current state of animal behavior studies with contributions from international experts...

As people come to understand more about animals' inner lives-the intricacies of their thoughts and the emotions that are expressed every day by whales and cows, octopus and mice, even bees-we feel a growing compassion, a desire to better their lives. But...

A comparative and integrative overview of how and why animals as diverse as insects and humans behave the way that they do, linking behaviors to the brain, genes, and hormones, as well as to the surrounding ecological and social environments.New to This...

How did the elephant seal survive being driven to the brink of extinction in the nineteenth century? What variables determine the lifetime reproductive success of individual seals? How have elephant seals adapted to tolerate remarkable physiological...

Although usually treated as unified subject, in many respects the two components of what is broadly described as 'medical and veterinary is usual, the term entomology is entomology' are clearly distinct. As used loosely here to refer to both insects and...

Do baboons have a sense of right and wrong? Can cats and dogs have their feelings hurt? Animal behavior expert Jonathan Balcombe makes the case that animals, once viewed only as mindless automatons, actually have rich sensory experiences and emotional...