Zoology and animal sciences

This up-to-date reference book discusses the effects of climate change on the biodiversity of insect pests.

The Nuthatches is based on the European Nuthatch, with comparative information on the other west Paleartic and world species.

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

This book provides a unique framework for understanding diverse issues across behavior studies, facilitating collaboration between sub-disciplines.

Originally published in 1972, Homo Sapiens examines how humans emerged from among the millions of other species and achieved our unique position within the animal kingdom.

Juvenile hormones (JHs) are a group of structurally related sesquiterpenes secreted by the insect corpora allata.

Malignant neoplasms occurring in the biliary tract and pancreas remain a therap- tic challenge.

All ruminants are dependent on the microorganisms that live in their forestomach - the rumen - to break down ingested feed constituents into a form that the host animal can utilize.

Benjamin Kidd (1858-1916), well-known for his ground-breaking application of social Darwinism in his premier work Social Evolution (1894), was a sociologist and a keen observer of nature.

This book discusses trends in animal behavior focusing specifically on vertebrates from the tropical region.

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Stingless bees (Meliponini) are the largest and most diverse group of social bees, yet their largely tropical distribution means that they are less studied than their relatives, the bumble bees and honey bees.

The aim of the Technical Advisory Committee, in planning the c~:>Dtent of this meeting, was to illustrate the range of separation processes in which the use of membranes was practical and effective at an industrial scale.

This book deals with information processing in the primate temporal visual cortex, one of the higher visual association areas, which is believed to be important for the representation of complex stimuli and may also play a role in visual memory.

This volume reports the proceedings of a NATO Advanced Workshop held at Cameron House Hotel, Loch Lomond, Scotland, from May 2 - 5, 1994.

The first comprehensive review of all aspects of the biology of moult, drawing information from across the literature and in all birds, from penguins to passerines.

Volume 18 of the Subcellular Biochemistry series, which specializes in various aspects of the biochemistry of the intracellular parasites, was initially proposed by Jose Luis Avila and strongly supported by myself, as Series Editor of Sub- cellular Biochemistry.

Mammalian predators are keystone species in any ecosystem.

The perfect photographic guide to the fantastic birds of Florida.

This book presents detailed information on the imidazolinone herbicides, provided in chapters contributed by scientists and product development managers who work for American Cyanamid, categorized in sections covering chemistry, biology, metabolism and residues, environmental fate and product performance.

The First International Symposium on the Interface between Analytical Chemistry and Microbiology: Applications of Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry was held June 1987 at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, U.

The Spotlight series introduces readers to the lives and behaviours of our favourite animals with eye-catching, colour photography and informative expert text.

This book presents the case for Project-Based Learning within Socio-Technical Systems in Engineering Education.

Owls in Australia are difficult to find and study, so comparatively little is known about their biology.

Comprehensive and multidisciplinary coverage of fundamental and advanced statistical tools and issues relevant to long-term ecological monitoring.

Although the fundamental principles of vocal production are well-understood, and are being increasingly applied by specialists to specific animal taxa, they stem originally from engineering research on the human voice.

Insects are the most abundant and diverse organisms that inhabit our planet and are found in all the world s forest ecosystems.

Evidence-based, yet entirely practical, this important new text builds upon the basics of neuroscience to describe the links between olfaction and animal behaviour, and the effects of odours in animal welfare.

The bioregion of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea possesses a unique natural heritage stretching back over 80 million years since the break-up of the great southern continent of Gondwana.

This textbook covers aspects of animal behaviour featured in both A-Level Psychology and Social Biology courses.

This third edition, now fully revised and updated by two of Dr.

The social calls of bats are an area about which relatively little is known, with more research still required to expand our understanding.

This authored book is primarily for the readers who are in search of how to use basic concepts of statistics in the field of fishery science.

Advances in Physiological Sciences, Volume 13: Endocrinology, Neuroendocrinology, Neuropeptides, Part I offers a lengthy discussion of the research, experiments, and investigations on endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, and neuropeptides.

The definitive photographic guide to the astounding avifauna of Costa Rica.

This publication contains the proceedings of a seminar held in Brussels on November 8-9, 1988.

This book provides an up-to-date review of fasciolosis, a disease caused by Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica, including its biology, transmission, epidemiology, host distribution, economic impact, and novel approaches for its diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

This synopsis covers evidence for the effects of conservation interventions for native farmland wildlife.

Nerve Membranes: A Study of the Biological and Chemical Aspects of Neuron-Glia Relationships presents the various aspects of neuronal and glial structure and function.

The area of applied psychology known as behaviour modification or behaviour therapy had progressed remarkably in the ten years, prior to publication.

Although debated since the time of Darwin, the evolutionary role of mutation is still controversial.

This book introduces the reader to the power of observation before, and sometimes instead of, experimental manipulation in the study of animal behaviour.

As far as we are aware, this is the first attempt to cover the com- parative physiology of the pancreatic islets in a monograph.

This book covers the latest research on male infertility.

Selected as an outstanding book in vascular surgery by members of the Society for Vascular Surgery.

The Handbook identifies all aspects of Regulatory Plant Biosecurity and discusses them from the standpoint of preventing the international movement of plant pests, diseases and weeds that negatively impact production agriculture, natural plant-resources and agricultural commerce.

This book aims to be a comprehensive review of the literature on the conservation genetics of the New World crocodilians, from the biological and demographical aspects of the living species to the application of molecular techniques for conservation purposes.