Zoology and animal sciences

This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1878 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

Trust - our belief in the truth or reliability of someone or something - lies at the very heart of our relationships, our society and our everyday lives.

Mammals are amazing creatures.

A comprehensive guide of the animal kingdom and its behavior.

Las relaciones establecidas por el hombre con otras formas de vida han estado atravesadas por la tecnología, y a pesar de su relevancia en términos ambientales y sociales, muy pocas veces han sido objeto de discusiones serias en pro de garantizar su modulación.

Una revolución social, un gobernante corrupto, una pareja enamorada, una violación.

Charles Darwin hat unser Weltbild entscheidend verändert: Dass die Lebewelt auf unserem Planeten kein fertiges Inventar ist, sondern sich beständig wandelt - mal schnell, mal langsam -, war zu seiner Zeit revolutionär und wird auch heute noch von manchen abgestritten.

Extreme Fallwinde, Kälterekorde, Eis, so weit das Auge reicht – die Antarktis ist ein Kontinent der Superlative, aber zu großen Teilen noch nicht erforscht.

You've heard of the Horse Whisperer - now meet the woman who uses similar methods to train dogs.

Sie bilden die artenreichste Tiergruppe auf unserem Planeten, und ihre Bedeutung im Räderwerk der Ökosysteme ist kaum zu überschätzen: die Insekten.

Wussten Sie als Kind auch alles über T.

Die Welt der Reptilien bietet viel Faszinierendes.

Este libro nace con la intención de acercar a los lectores a los animales que viven y conviven en la Universidad del Rosario, por lo que a partir de una recopilación de fotografías y descripciones se documenta buena parte del patrimonio ambiental que reside en las diferentes sedes.

"Vögel haben etwas Besonderes an sich; ihrer Schönheit und Freiheit wohnt etwas inne, das für die Seele eines Menschen wie Balsam ist.

Die samtpfotigen Stubentiger begleiten den Menschen seit Jahrtausenden, und trotz des langen gemeinsamen Weges haben sie sich viel ihrer wilden Selbstständigkeit bewahrt.

Wale haben etwas Faszinierendes – die großen wie die kleinen.

Editorial: Zu meinen Lieblingsbüchern zählt seit Erscheinen unangefochten "Die Letzten ihrer Art" von Douglas Adams.

Manchmal hört man sie erst, bevor man sie sieht: Das charakteristische Brummen von Bienen und Hummeln verrät die fleißigen Sammlerinnen, auch wenn sie trotz teils auffälliger Farbentracht im Blumenmeer verschwinden – oder schlicht im Blütenkelch.

Vor einigen Jahren hatte ich das Glück, Jane Goodall bei einem Termin in Heidelberg live zu erleben.

The fresh waters of the British Isles are diverse, ranging from torrential hill streams to powerful rivers and wide, meandering lowland channels.

Este livro vai levar você a mergulhar no mundo das formigas.

Clinical toxinologic conditions are becoming increasingly frequent, more so than is generally recognized.

The avian influenza (AI) virus, which is the type A influenza virus adapted to an avian host, has been an important pathogen for the poultry industry worldwide for many years.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Biology of Insect Eggs is a three-volume account of the biology of insect eggs and covers topics ranging from oviposition and respiratory systems to the respiratory efficiency of egg plastrons.

Grown exponentially by the genomic revolution, the use of the rat as a model of choice for physiological studies continues in popularity and at a much greater depth of understanding.

Grown exponentially by the genomic revolution, the use of the rat as a model of choice for physiological studies continues in popularity and at a much greater depth of understanding.

As the drug discovery process shifts more and more toward specifically targeting pathways and molecules, model systems continue to increase in importance, and the mouse, with its versatility, ease of use, and remarkable similarity to the human genome, has clearly risen to the forefront of animal model studies.

US-Japan meetings on laboratory animal science have been held virtually every year since 1980 under the US-Japan Cooperative Program on Science and Technology.

This volumeprovides the reader with recent advances in the fields of molecular toxinology,the biotechnological applications of venom toxins, and antivenom production.

Clinical toxinologic conditions are becoming increasingly frequent, more so than is generally recognized.

Comprehensive overview of the causes of wildlife decline in the UK with emphasis on the impact of growing human population.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Studies over the past decade have continued to bring tremendous advances to our understanding of bone biology.

Studies over the past decade have continued to bring tremendous advances to our understanding of bone biology.

This book presents the structure of the main toxins of aquatic origin, their distribution, producing species and vectors, their mechanisms of action, the clinical aspects of envenomation in humans, their effects in laboratory or wild animals, their toxicokinetic properties, including the relevant treatment, detection methods and regulatory aspects for management.

As the drug discovery process shifts more and more toward specifically targeting pathways and molecules, model systems continue to increase in importance, and the mouse, with its versatility, ease of use, and remarkable similarity to the human genome, has clearly risen to the forefront of animal model studies.

Drosophila melanogaster has been the model system of choice for many inv- tigators over the past hundred years.

Channels and transporters are multi-functional proteins that mediate substrate transport and signal transmission and simultaneously act as regulators for other proteins and biosensors for environmental materials.

Cryopreservation and Freeze-Drying Protocols: Second Edition is a compilation of robust, reproducible techniques for the conservation of a wide range of biological materials.

Channels and transporters are multi-functional proteins that mediate substrate transport and signal transmission and simultaneously act as regulators for other proteins and biosensors for environmental materials.

This volume, in its over two dozen chapters, constitutes an overview of the current plant toxin research.

Scorpions have fascinated humans for a long time, first and foremost because of the harm the sting of a few species could cause but also due to their unique natural history and for the many biologically active compounds found in their venoms.

This volume provides an overview of the biochemical characterization, structure-function studies, proteomics, bioinformatics, molecular biology, transcriptomics and genomics of various spider species.

This volume contains a section on the wider evolutionary context of venom in animals, the molecular evolutionary processes involved in generating diversity, and the concept of venom evolution as being driven by an arms race that also involves evolution of resistance to toxins by prey.

This volume provides an overview of the biochemical characterization, structure-function studies, proteomics, bioinformatics, molecular biology, transcriptomics and genomics of various spider species.

Cryopreservation and Freeze-Drying Protocols: Second Edition is a compilation of robust, reproducible techniques for the conservation of a wide range of biological materials.

Initially, because of the inadequate sensitivity of devices and other limitations, only major venom components of the dominant species were studied.