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Goliath tarantulas are the most enormous spiders in the world. Most people consider them to be extremely dangerous and avoid them, but not tarantula expert Rick West. He seeks out tarantulas because he has an important story to tell. What information...

Fully integrative approach to the socibiology of caviomorph rodents * Brings together research on social systems with that on epigenetic, neurendocrine and developmental mechanisms of social behavior * Describes the social systems of many previously...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805063325Author Olivia JudsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 209mm *...

Spotting an animal's fresh footprints in the wild can conjure a world for the hiker: Why did the deer tracks disappear? Where did the cougar turn off the trail? What does it mean when two sets of footprints seem to coincide? This beautifully illustrated...

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...

Primary sexual traits, those structures and processes directly involved in reproduction, are some of the most diverse, specialized, and bizarre in the animal kingdom. Moreover, reproductive traits are often species-specific, suggesting that they evolved...

Thermal Imaging Techniques to Survey and Monitor Animals in the Wild: A Methodology provides a manual for anyone interested in understanding thermal imaging and its usefulness in solving a wide range of problems regarding the observation of wildlife. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781484640708Author Isabel ThomasFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Heinemann Educational BooksPublisher Heinemann Educational BooksWeight(grams) 295g

The synapse not only provides a bridge from one nerve cell to the next; its function can be modified by experience, making it important for learning and memory. This overview of the synapse provides a review of current concepts in neurobiology, with...

The classic literature on predation dealt almost exclusively with solitary predators and their prey. Going back to Lotka-Volterra and optimal foraging theory, the theory about predation, including predator-prey population dynamics, was developed for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788491112754Author Peter WohllebenFormat PaperbackImprint ObeliscoPublisher ObeliscoWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977131942Author Martha E H RustadFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Pebble BooksPublisher Pebble BooksWeight(grams) 203g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977131935Author Martha E H RustadFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Pebble BooksPublisher Pebble BooksWeight(grams) 203g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977131911Author Mari SchuhFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Pebble BooksPublisher Pebble BooksWeight(grams) 203g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636902975Author Adeline J ZimmermanFormat HardbackImprint Pogo BooksPublisher Pogo BooksWeight(grams) 191g

This book is devoted to recent research on animal behaviour which relates to what an animal does and why it does it. The types of behaviours exhibited are rich and various. Some are genetically determined, or instinctive, while others are learned...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781429679091Author Marilyn DeenFormat PaperbackPage Count 16Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Capstone PressWeight(grams) 3g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781410962218Author Chris OxladeFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint RaintreePublisher RaintreeWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 191mm * 5mm

Question-and-answer format brings (readers) right to the topics that interest the most. Accessible and photo-packed.BOOKLIST Clear, full-color photos provide close-up views of various species. This is a fun treat for browsers. SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNALBook...

This volume examines the impact of burrowing animals on the environment, over a wide range of taxa - ants, beetles, wood-borers, nematodes, fish, rabbits, badgers, rats - paying equal attention to terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Burrowing activities...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781543502091Author Kristin J RussoFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Capstone Press

The Oxford Animal Biology Series is an innovative new series of supplementary undergraduate texts in comparative animal biology. Topics within each book are addressed using examples from throughout the animal kingdom, looking for parallels that transcend...

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,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781432950491Author Rebecca RissmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Heinemann Educational BooksPublisher Heinemann Educational Books

Movement, dispersal, and migration on land, in the air, and in water, are pervading features of animal life. They are performed by a huge variety of organisms, from the smallest protozoans to the largest whales, and can extend over widely different...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781422241653Author Paul SterryFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint Mason Crest PublishersPublisher Mason Crest Publishers

All students and researchers of behaviour - from those observing freely-behaving animals in the field to those conducting more controlled laboratory studies - face the problem of deciding what exactly to measure. Without a scientific framework on which...

Focusing on the physiological and behavioral factors that enable a species to live in a harsh seasonal environment, this book places the social biology of marmots in an environmental context. It draws on the results of a forty-year empirical study of the...

Brain and behaviour are intrinsically linked. Animals demonstrate a huge and complex repertoire of behaviours, so how can specific behaviours be mapped onto the complicated neural circuits of the brain? Highlighting the extraordinary advances that have...

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...

Examining mating from the male perspective, this book provides an overview of mammalian reproduction to illustrate the important role that male desire plays in the life of mammals. Written in a conversational style that will appeal to those without...

The foraging mode of lizards has been a central theme in guiding research in lizard biology for three decades. Foraging mode has been shown to be a pervasive evolutionary force molding the diet, ecology, behavior, anatomy, biomechanics, life history, and...

The flock of greylag geese established by Konrad Lorenz in Austria in 1973 has become an influential model animal system and one of the few worldwide with complete life-history data spanning several decades. Based on the unique records of nearly 1000...

Reproductive skew is the study of how reproduction is partitioned in animal societies. In many social animals reproduction is shared unequally and leads to a reproductive skew among group members. Skew theory investigates the genetic and ecological...

This series of entertaining essays provides a unique insight into some of the key discoveries that have shaped the field of parasitology. Based on interviews with 18 of the world's leading parasitologists and epidemiologists, the stories of their...

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...

Why do males of some species live with a single mate when they are capable of fertilizing more than one female's eggs? Why do some females pair only with one male, and not with several partners? Why do birds usually live in pairs and feed chicks together...

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...

This accessible book describes a fascinating range of emerging infectious disease outbreaks affecting humans, including rabies, Ebola virus, Lyme disease, bubonic plague, and of course, Covid-19. The book also covers emerging infectious diseases in...

Population Biology of Vector-Borne Diseases is the first comprehensive survey of this rapidly developing field. The chapter topics provide an up-to-date presentation of classical concepts, reviews of emerging trends, synthesis of existing knowledge, and...