Zoology and animal sciences

Analytical Molecular Biology illustrates the importance of simple analytical methods applied to some basic molecular biology problems, with an emphasis on the importance of biological problems, rather than the complexity of mathematics.

A species-by-species guide that shows you how to find and watch nearly 300 mammal, reptile, amphibian and invertebrate species in the UK.

Sixth Annual Graduate Hospital Research Symposium REGULATION OF SMOOTH MUSCLE PROGRESS IN SOLVING THE PUZZLE Every so often a scientific conference comes at a time when everyone has new and exciting information, when old "e;dogmas"e; do not seem to be as well established, and when speakers and participants alike are ready to challenge interpretations of old and new experimental data.

This new book summarises decades of research and collation of distributional data.

Hinter dem Titel des Bandes verbirgt sich mehr als bloß die Analyse von Aphrodisiaka oder Potenzmitteln.

The issue of zoos is not about treatment, but use; not about reform, but abolition.

Advances in Microbial Physiology is one of the most successful and prestigious series from Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier.

Urban pests are common all over the world.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

Drawing on our growing knowledge of animal cognition, this book provides a critical analysis of the use of animals in the legal regime and the practice of toxicity testing.

Even though the gorilla is our closest living relative, information about its anatomy, and particularly its musculature, is scarce.

Animal Locomotion: Physical Principles and Adaptations is a professional-level, state of the art review and reference summarizing the current understanding of macroscopic metazoan animal movement.

This book is a snapshot of the current state of the art of research and development on the properties and characteristics of silk and their use in medicine and industry.

The Mascarene islands in the southern Indian Ocean - Mauritius, R union and Rodrigues - were once home to an extraordinary range of birds and reptiles.

Most human diseases come from nature, from pathogens that live and breed in non-human animals and are "e;accidentally"e; transmitted to us.

These Proceedings contain the contributions of the partIcIpants of the Third International Symposium on Dendritic Cells that was held in Annecy, France, from June 19 to June 24, 1994.

The sense of smell is at least equally important to may animals as sight and hearing.

To hold a little microbat in your hand, its body the size of the end of your thumb, is nothing but astounding.

This seven-volume series is the most extensive treatise on early life histories of the freshwater fishes of North America.

Advances in the Study of Behavior was initiated over 40 years ago to serve the increasing number of scientists engaged in the study of animal behavior.

We can’t avoid insects.

The objective of this multi-authored compendium is, therefore, to bring together the state of arts reported in one place.

This book gathers papers presented at the annual meetings  of the Acarological Society of America (ASA), jointly organized with the Entomological Society of America.

This textbook provides the first overview of plant-animal interactions for twenty years focused on the needs of students and professors.

The associations between insects and microorganisms, while pervasive and of paramount ecological importance, have been relatively poorly understood.

The first reference to demonstrate how birds survive the high-altitude Central Asian Flyway and the threats to this unique migration.

Winner in the Scholarly Reference section of the 2004 Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing.

A beautiful celebration of Britain's best-loved birds, featuring illustrations, folktales, stories and seasonal crafts and activities that can be enjoyed by the whole family.

The integument plays an important role in the survival of meta- zoans by separating and protecting them from a hostile environ- ment.

Presents solutions to turn conflict into tolerance and coexistence, with an emphasis on the human dimensions of human-wildlife interactions.

It is a pleasure to contribute the foreword to Introduction to Cell and Tissue Culture: The- ory and Techniques by Mather and Roberts.

A completely up-to-date introduction to the most common group of bees in Britain.

More than 2600 species of tiger beetles are found all over the world.

This book presents a critical and integrated review of lizards from Patagonia.

Konrad Lorenz was the author of some of the most popular books ever published about animals, including the best-selling Man Meets Dog and King Solomon's Ring.

This two-volume work is a testament to the abiding interest and human fascination with ammonites.

This comprehensive volume gathers foremost experts on the coral reefs of Cuba who represent a spectrum of disciplines, including biology, conservation ecology, economics and geology.

The present book is intended as a reference guide for emergency and ambulatory care medicine, providing essential information on the most important problems and incidents caused by venomous, poisoning and traumatic marine and freshwater animals.

Heritage is a social construction rooted in modern and contemporary societies.

Through 'Green Revolution' in late 1960s, India achieved self-sufficiency in food production, but still the country has not achieved self-sufficiency in production of horticultural crops.

Beautifully illustrated complete evolutionary history of insects: their living diversity, relationships and 400 million years of fossils.

The appearance of the first volume of a projected series is the occasion for comment on scope, aims, and genesis of the work.

Biology of Proteoglycans provides a representative, but by no means inclusive, sample of current research on the role of proteoglycans in the cell biology of the extracellular matrix.

This book is a pioneer attempt to bring forward the first synthesis on the most diverse and threatened mountain top vegetation of South America, the rupestrian grasslands.

This book presents modern Bayesian analysis in a format that is accessible to researchers in the fields of ecology, wildlife biology, and natural resource management.

This book provides architects, engineers, builders, foresters, members of the pest control and timber industries, and the general public with a ready source of reference to the more important wood borers and termites encountered in Australia.