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The literature is still one of our biggest frustrations to-day. There is, in one sense, too much of it, and in another not enough - for there are insufficient and inadequate published guidelines through this jungle. Last year two excellent books for...

Synaptic Mechanisms in the Auditory System will provide a basic reference for students, clinicians, and researchers on how synapses in the auditory system function to encode acoustic signals. These mechanisms are the groundwork for all auditory...

In the ten years since the first publication on PCR (Saiki et al. , 1985), this in vitro method of nucleic acid replication and modification has grown to rival in popularity traditional microbiological, genetical und technical procedures for cloning,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783659475191Author Veeraselvam MFormat PaperbackImprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic PublishingWeight(grams) 177g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789361472763Author Montagu BrownePage Count 312Imprint Alpha EditionsPublisher Alpha Editions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357959483Author Ernest Gambier-ParryPage Count 80Imprint Alpha EditionsPublisher Alpha Editions

THE HABITAT Nairobi National Park lies to the south-southeast of the capital of Kenya, Nairobi, where the Athi Plains meet the Eastern escarpment of the Rift Valley. These plains form part of the semi-arid highland plateau lying between the coast and the...

Taxonomy is fundamental to understanding the variety of life forms, and exciting expansions in molecular biology are re- volutionising the obtained data. This volume reviews the ma- jor molecular biological techniques that are applied in ta- xonomy. The...

Deserts, whether hot or cold, are considered to be one of the most difficult environments for living systems, lacking the essential free water which ac counts for approximately 60-70% of their body mass and more than 98% of their constituent atoms...

Exposure to loud noise continues to be the largest cause of hearing loss in the adult population. The problem of NIHL impacts a number of disciplines. US standards for permissible noise exposure were originally published in 1968 and remain largely...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682863138Author Kenneth HayesFormat HardbackImprint Syrawood Publishing HousePublisher Syrawood Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 930g

Vaccines have historically been considered to be the most cost-effective method for preventing communicable diseases. It was a vaccine that enabled global eradication of the dreaded disease smallpox. Mass immunization of children forms the anchor of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639328752Author Dr KhatoonFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 835gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 33mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639046106Author Simon HoFormat PaperbackImprint VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publisher VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Weight(grams) 141g

The classical theory of natural selection, as developed by Fisher, Haldane, and 'Wright, and their followers, is in a sense a statistical theory. By and large the classical theory assumes that the underlying environment in which evolution transpires is...

This book records contributions presented at the Third Session of the EIFAC (European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) and OlE (Office International des Epizooties) Cooperative Programme...

The broad spectrum of topics covered in the nine symposia and four open-paper sessions of the Third Inter- national Wildlife Disease Conference comprise a remarkable collection of ideas and current research information on diseases of wildlife. The term...

If it is still true that more than 80% of the ornithologists in North America are primarily interested or engaged in ecological studies on birds (J. R. King and W. J. Bock, Final Report of the Workshop on a National Plan For Ornithology, 1978), then...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905723416Author Jonathan DownesFormat PaperbackPage Count 98Imprint CFZ PressPublisher CFZ PressWeight(grams) 151gDimensions(mm) 156mm * 234mm * 5mm

Foraging behavior has always been a central concern of ecology. Understanding what animals eat is clearly an essential component of under standing many ecological issues including energy flow, competition and adaptation. Theoretical and empirical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632391476Author Mia SteersFormat HardbackImprint Callisto ReferencePublisher Callisto ReferenceWeight(grams) 290g

Motivation addresses a central problem in psychology: Why does an animal's behavior fluctuate in the face of an unaltered environment? In a sense this is the opposite of the question from which work on motivation began, and for which Claude Bernard...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789351240792Author T. V. SatheFormat HardbackPage Count 243Imprint Daya Publishing HousePublisher Astral International

In past years there have been several unsuccessful attempts to arrange a symposium on Trichoptera. Letters from fellow workers suggested that now might be an appropriate time, and that a symposium should be held in Lunz. Today it is clear that large...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357966566Author Théophile GautierPage Count 46Imprint Alpha EditionsPublisher Alpha Editions

Heliothis ("Bull worm") species are one of the major pests of field crops worldwide, including sorghum, tomatoes, lettuce, and cotton. Pest problems have intensified over the years as the total area given to agricultural host plants has...

Among the different types of receptors for neurotransmitters, nicotinic acetyl choline receptors were the first to be studied systematically; at present they are very well characterized. This is due to the discovery of two very convenient objects that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781473329775Author Alfred Russel WallaceFormat PaperbackPage Count 30Imprint White PressPublisher White PressWeight(grams) 50g

Research on chemical communication in animals is in a very active and exciting phase; more species are studied, data are accumulating, concepts are changing, and practical application seems feasible. While most of the work on chemical ecology and...

Many complex molecular interactions are involved in the development of the mammalian brain. Molecules serving as guidance cues for migratory cells, growing axons and for recognition of postsynaptic targets are a major topic for research because they are...

The development of molecular tools has dramatically increased our knowledge of parasite diversity and the vectors that transmit them. From viruses and protists to arthropods and helminths, each branch of the Tree of Life offers an insight into...

Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781468430141Author W. C. CorningFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Springer-Verlag New York Inc.Publisher Springer-Verlag New York Inc.Weight(grams) 351g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783846053690Author T ThorellFormat HardbackPage Count 274Imprint Salzwasser-Verlag GmbhPublisher Salzwasser-Verlag GmbhWeight(grams) 572g

The honeybee (Apis melli/era L. ) is one of the better studied organisms on this planet. There are plenty of books on the biology of the honeybee for all, the scientist, the beekeeper, and the layman. In view of this flood of publications one is tempted...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789351243755Author T. V. SatheFormat HardbackPage Count 109Imprint Daya Publishing HousePublisher Astral International

Presented with a choice of evils, most would prefer to be blinded rather than to be unable to move, immobilized in the late stages of Parkinson's disease. Yet in everyday life, as in Neuroscience, vision holds the centre of the stage. The conscious...

This book presents the facet theoretical framework as a tool for facilitating the conception of complex animal behaviour research and the design of research procedures through employing mapping sentences. Using the facet theoretical framework, this book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639292473Author Dadala Mary MamathaFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 227g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789842913Author Maria-Jose ArgenteFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint IntechOpenPublisher IntechOpenWeight(grams) 180g