Zoology and animal sciences

A comprehensive field guide covering the birds of the Dutch Caribbean.

Conservation Physiology for the Anthropocene: A Systems Approach, Volume 39A in the Fish Physiology series, is a comprehensive synthesis on the physiology of fish in the Anthropocene.

We share the earth with a wide variety of animal species, each of which brings something special to the diversity of the planet.

This book summarizes and analyzes the biology, ecology, exploitation and management of small cetaceans in Japan.

This book won the 2023 The Wildlife Society Publication Award in the authored book category.

Amphibians are among the most threatened groups of animals on earth.

A comprehensive guide to the birds of this beautiful Himalayan country.

This unique volume of thirty essays, by fifty-three internationally known scholars, honours C.

Concise, problem-oriented, and accessibly designed, the second edition of the Pocket Handbook of Small Animal Medicine focuses on the essentials of medicine and surgery of the dog and cat.

If it is still true that more than 80% of the ornithologists in North America are primarily interested or engaged in ecological studies on birds (J.

The global drive towards sustainability and improved animal health means there is a greater need for development of novel functional ingredients for the feed industry.

Even if you are an enthusiastic bird watcher, the details of how birds fly, why they behave as they do, how they breed and their extraordinary travels can seem very mysterious.

Evolutionary and Genetic Biology of Primates, Volume I presents research on the evolution and genetic biology of the Primates.

Birds have and continue to fascinate scientists and the general public.

The County Avifauna series provides detailed information on the range and status of bird species at county level.

A Colour Handbook of Skin Diseases of the Dog and Cat was one of the first books to bring key information about skin diseases to clinicians in an easy-to-use problem-oriented format.

Honeybees are as small as flies or as large as hornets, nesting in nar- row cavities of trees and rocks or in the open on large limbs of trees 30 m above ground.

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.

Prüfungsvorbereitung leicht gemacht: Dieses Kompendium der Mikrobiologie bietet eine umfassende Übersicht über alle Wissensbereiche des Fachgebiets, verständlich aufbereitet mit griffigen Beispielen und zahlreichen Abbildungen.

Cell signalling lies at the heart of many biological processes and currently is the focus of intense research interest.

This book provides students and researchers with reviews of biological questions related to the evolution of feeding by vertebrates in aquatic and terrestrial environments.

Though many are harmless and even beneficial, invertebrates are some of the world's most feared and dangerous creatures.

Insects are the most numerous class of animals or earth, both in terms of their number and their variety.

The fish faunas of continental South and Central America constitute one of the greatest concentrations of aquatic diversity on Earth, consisting of about 10 percent of all living vertebrate species.

This volume includes six chapters that present updates in animal science and zoology.

First published in 1989.

Engaging and thought-provoking, this book examines how humans see and treat other animals and argues that we should extend equal consideration and respect to all beings, human and nonhuman alike.

This fascinating study describes the natural histories of these brood parasites and examines many of the exciting questions they raise about the evolution of cheating and the arms race between parasites and their prey.

Bats are fascinating mammals about which we still have much to learn.

Aquaculture is a rapidly growing industry and aquaculture practices can directly interact with and depend upon the surrounding environment.

Draws on contributions from leading researchers to deliver a comprehensive overview of the latest knowledge on coral reef fishes.

Across the Afrotropical and Malagasy regions, ants are one of the most conspicuous and ecologically dominant animal groups.

This Volume 2 of a two-volume work is the first textbook to offer a practical yet comprehensive approach to clinical ophthalmology in wild and exotic mammals.

The fourth volume in the Harte Research Institute's landmark scientific series on the Gulf of Mexico provides a comprehensive study of ecosystem-based management, analyzing key coastal ecosystems in eleven Gulf Coast states from Florida to Quintana Roo and presenting case studies in which this integrated approach was tested in both the US and in Mexico.

The Siberian sturgeon, Acipenser baerii Brandt 1869 is the most widely farmed sturgeon species.

Our environment has been greatly damaged due to pollution and over exploitation of natural resources by human beings.

A superb compilation of reviews from leading experts in the field of Wnt signaling (signaling molecules that regulate cell-to-cell interactions during embryogenesis), volume 17 in the Advances in Developmental Biology series offers 7 chapters, each devoted to a separate area of research on Wnt signaling.

This volume reviews the historical roots and theoretical foundations of biological systematics in an approachable text.

Professor Linda M.

This book uses a wide range of case studies from different invertebrate taxa to describe the numerous forms of social recognition occurring in this large group of animals and traces the evolution of this cognitive ability.

Presents different strategies for biological control along with their ecological bases, using many examples from a diversity of ecosystems.

The book is a sequel of a similar book, edited by Randolf Menzel and Alison Mercer, "e;Neurobiology and Behavior of Honeybees"e;, published in 1987.

Venezuela has an immensely rich bird fauna, with 1,381 known species, many of them found nowhere else in the world.

This addition to the Equine Made Series provides detailed, easy to read guidelines for performance of common endoscopic procedures in the horse.

Fetal Endocrinology covers many facets of primate reproductive biology.

First published in 1989.