Si con la publicación en 1971 de "A la sombra del hombre" Jane Goodall suscitó una oleada de asombro y conmoción, no menos resonancia alcanzó casi veinte años después la aparición de "A través de una ventana" (1989), obra en la que la primatóloga da cuenta de las observaciones, incidentes y pautas de comportamiento que tanto ella como su equipo pudieron recopilar a lo largo de casi treinta años de labor con la comunidad de chimpancés del Parque Nacional de Gombe Stream, en Tanzania.
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Steve Brusatte has a rare gift for bringing the distant past vividly and fascinatingly to life' - Bill Bryson'One of the stars of modern palaeontology' - National Geographic'An unqualified success from beginning to end' - New Scientist'An enjoyable tour of evolutionary science' - Financial Times'[This] origin story of birds is exciting .
Publicada originalmente en 1971, A la sombra del hombre fue la obra pionera en documentar, de forma desconocida hasta entonces, la actividad de toda una comunidad de primates, concretamente la existente en la reserva de chimpancés de Gombe Stream (hoy Parque Nacional de Gombe), en la actual Tanzania.
Descubre la educación positiva canina, un nuevo método que se basa en la confianza, el sentido común, la buena disposición, la inteligencia y el respeto mutuo.
The field of parasitology has seen tremendous progress in the last two to three decades with the advent of molecular biology and its application to the study of parasites.
The field of parasitology has seen tremendous progress in the last two to three decades with the advent of molecular biology and its application to the study of parasites.
The story of an ornithologist''s journey to trace the spring migration of songbirds from the southern border of the United States through the heartland and into Canada.
EL LIBRO INCLUYE MÁS DE 30 CÓDIGOS QR PARA ESCANEAR CON EL MÓVIL Y PODER ASÍ ESCUCHAR LOS PAISAJES SONOROS DESCRITOS EN EL TEXTO (cada código QR va acompañado además de una dirección web para poder reproducirlos en el ordenador).
Logs, stones and the like provide an interesting interface between the damp depths of the soil and the drier open ground surface, offering refuges for a fascinating array of animals.
Logs, stones and the like provide an interesting interface between the damp depths of the soil and the drier open ground surface, offering refuges for a fascinating array of animals.
This book offers a comprehensive overview of lactation physiology in farm animals, covering fundamentals such as mammogenesis, lactogenesis, and galactopoiesis across different species.
This book offers a comprehensive overview of lactation physiology in farm animals, covering fundamentals such as mammogenesis, lactogenesis, and galactopoiesis across different species.
An updated, informative review of the status and biology of the fifty-five species of mammals living wild in Ohio, richly illustrated with photographs, maps, drawings, and original artwork.
En el corazon del Pacifico Oriental, la isla Malpelo alberga una de las comunidades herpetologicas mas singulares del Neotropico: Anolis agassizi, Diploglossus millepunctatus y Phyllodactylus transversalis, tres especies de lagartos endemicos moldeados por el aislamiento extremo, la escasez de recursos y condiciones ambientales adversas.
The species-richness seen in the living molluscan fauna of the East Coast of the United States is due to its composite nature, containing faunal elements from three contiguous molluscan provinces.
An updated, informative review of the status and biology of the fifty-five species of mammals living wild in Ohio, richly illustrated with photographs, maps, drawings, and original artwork.
The species-richness seen in the living molluscan fauna of the East Coast of the United States is due to its composite nature, containing faunal elements from three contiguous molluscan provinces.
Launching a new series, Monographs in Behavior and Ecology, this work is an intensive study of five species of New World monkeys--all omnivores with a diet of fruit and small prey.