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'Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it...' So wrote Cole Porter in his famous song from 1928, 'Let's Do It, Let's Fall In Love'. To which Bruce Montague, author of this enlightening and amusing collection, silently replied, 'Yes, but how do...

Agnes Arber's international reputation is due in part to her exceptional ability to interpret the German tradition of scholarship for the English-speaking world. The Mind and the Eye is an erudite book, revealing its author's familiarity with philosophy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780448404776Author Ruth HellerFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Grosset & Dunlap Inc.,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 85gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781571741080Author Patty SummersFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Hampton Roads Publishing CoPublisher Hampton Roads Publishing Co

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789523189836Author Katri RantanenFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Books on DemandPublisher Books on DemandWeight(grams) 485gDimensions(mm) 246mm *...

African mole-rats are a unique taxon of subterranean rodents that range in sociality from solitary-dwelling species through to two 'eusocial' species, the Damaraland Mole-Rat and the Naked Mole-Rat. The Naked Mole-Rat is arguably the closest that a...

Australia is home to more than 240 species of frogs, many of which cannot be found anywhere else in the world.The Photographic Field Guide to Australian Frogs provides readers with the tools to confidently identify 242 species and five recognised...

This book describes the results of a long-term study of the ecology, evolutionary genetics and sociobiology of a seabird, the Arctic Skua. This species is polymorphic: the birds show one of three, genetically different forms of plumage - pale,...

Over the past 30 years there has been a tremendous growth in interest in the multidisciplinary field of human-companion animal interactions and relationships. This is not surprising considering that pets are kept in at least half of the households in...

Worldwide, Population Ecology is the leading textbook on this titled subject. Written primarily for students, it describes the present state of population ecology in terms that can be readily understood by undergraduates with little or no background in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682631256Author Melissa StewartFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Peachtree PublishersPublisher Peachtree Publishers,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781607748205Author Kat SuFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/RodaleWeight(grams) 301gDimensions(mm) 148mm...

In 1908, near Folsom, New Mexico, a cowboy discovered the remains of a herd of extinct giant bison. By examining flint points embedded in the bones, archeologists later determined that a band of humans had killed and butchered the animals 12,450 years...

Animal life, now and over the past half billion years, is incredibly diverse. Describing and understanding the evolution of this diversity of body plans - from vertebrates such as humans and fish to the numerous invertebrate groups including sponges,...

Socially maintained behavioural traditions in non-human species hold great interest for biologists, anthropologists and psychologists. This book treats traditions in non-human species as biological phenomena that are amenable to the comparative methods...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905723263Author Richard FreemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint CFZ PressPublisher CFZ PressWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 156mm * 234mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501142741Author Stephen BudianskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Free PressPublisher Free PressWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 155mm * 20mm

This practical manual of amphibian ecology and conservation brings together a distinguished, international group of amphibian researchers to provide a state-of-the-art review of the many new and exciting techniques used to study amphibians and to track...

Despite the dedicated efforts of many individuals and organizations, the great apes - our closest living relatives - are on the very edge of extinction. This sweeping atlas provides a comprehensive overview of what is currently known about all six...

The Evolution of Vertebrate Design is a solid introduction to vertebrate evolution, paleontology, vertebrate biology, and functional, comparative anatomy. Its lucid style also makes it ideal for general readers intrigued by fossil history. Clearly drawn...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581129304Author C F SturmFormat PaperbackPage Count 460Imprint Universal PublishersPublisher Universal PublishersWeight(grams) 816gDimensions(mm) 246mm *...

Fully revised and updated to include new topical study areas, the second edition of the successful text the Ecology of Insects provides a balanced treatment of the theory and practice of pure and applied insect ecology. Includes new topical areas of...

Ecological economics is an exciting interdisciplinary field of study that combines insights from the natural sciences, economics, philosophy and other fields to develop innovative approaches to environmental problems. It draws on a wide range of...

When seen hunting over a meadow, barn owls have an ethereal grace and beauty that can be matched by no other bird. The barn owl has an almost global distribution and has lived in close proximity to humans since settlement and farming created the forest...

This 1980 book provides a general but comprehensive study of the way in which animals learn and in particular, learn about the relationship between events in their environment. The study of animal learning and conditioning can be approached from two very...

Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology is intended to be used a text for graduate students and a sourcebook for professional scientists seeking an understanding of the evolutionary and ecological processes shaping behavior across a wide array of organisms and a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783838343624Author Hon Jung LiewFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic PublishingWeight(grams)...

Behavioural ecologists and evolutionary biologists have long recognised Professor Tinbergen's great prescience in placing the study of animal behaviour firmly in an ecological and evolutionary context nearly fifty years ago. This is a reprint of the 1969...

Metabolic Ecology Most of ecology is about metabolism, the ways that organisms use energy and materials. The energy requirements of individuals (their metabolic rates) vary predictably with their body size and temperature. Ecological interactions are...

This 1998 book describes the sampling and statistical methods used most often by behavioral ecologists and field biologists. Written by a biologist and two statisticians, it provides a rigorous discussion together with worked examples of statistical...

Again rapid advances in the brain sciences have made it necessary, after only a few years, to issue a revised edition of this text. All the chapters have been reviewed and brought up to date, and some have been largely rewritten. The major revision has...

Most people believe there are degrees of moral status. They believe animals matter morally, but human beings matter significantly more than animals. This belief, which is supported by important intuitions, fundamentally shapes our lives. It places us at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909488588Author Richard MuirheadFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint CFZ PressPublisher CFZ PressWeight(grams) 467gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 21mm

Quantitative Real-Time PCR: Methods and Protocols focuses on different applications of qPCR ranging from microbiological detections (both viral and bacterial) to pathological applications. Several chapters deal with quality issues which regard the...

Animal Traditions maintains that the assumption that the selection of genes supplies both a sufficient explanation of the evolution and a true description of its course is, despite its almost universal acclaim, wrong. Eytan Avital and Eva Jablonka...

This is the Second Edition of a well-received book that reflects a fresh, integrated coverage of the concepts and scientific measurement of stress and welfare of animals including humans. This book explains the basic biological principles of coping with...

A Guide to Academia is a handbook for all those individuals thinking seriously about going to graduate school. Written by an author with extensive experience navigating the academic world, the book explains all the steps and potential bumps in the road...

Obligatory brood parasites are birds that reproduce by laying their eggs in the nests of other species. This book discusses the ecological and evolutionary aspects of this remarkable behavioural adaptation.Reviews"A useful summary of the natural history...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909488601Author Jonathan DownesFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint CFZ PressPublisher CFZ PressWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 17mm

The bonobo, along with the chimpanzee, is one of our two closest living relatives. Their relatively narrow geographic range (south of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo) combined with the history of political instability in the region,...