Featuring incredible photography and insight from an international team with long-term ties to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Bat Island spotlights the unique beauty and environmental importance of the seventy-six species of bats on Panama's Barro Colorado Island.
A charming, richly illustrated, pocket-size exploration of the world's butterfliesPacked with surprising facts, this delightful and gorgeously designed book will beguile any nature lover.
An authoritative treatment of the diverse and beautiful anole lizards of mainland Central and South AmericaAnoles are highly visible and aesthetically pleasing lizards that are abundant throughout Central and South America.
A stunningly illustrated guide to these extraordinary creatures from a world-renowned paleontologistPaleobiology has advanced from a speculative subject to a cutting-edge science.
A stunningly illustrated guide to these extraordinary creatures from a world-renowned paleontologistPaleobiology has advanced from a speculative subject to a cutting-edge science.
A wide-ranging account of how birds spend the quiet half of their livesBirds at Rest is the first book to give a full picture of how birds rest, roost, and sleep, a vital part of their lives.
Originally published in 1931, The Intelligence of Animals sets out detailed studies of various birds and beasts, some in the wild, some under domestication, and some under semi-domestication, with a view to illustrating the supreme importance of the "e;mental factor"e; in biology.
Fully revised and updated to include new topical study areas, the second edition of the successful text the Ecology of Insects provides a balanced treatment of the theory and practice of pure and applied insect ecology.
A thrilling face-to-face encounter with animals in their own environment their elaborate displays, intimate lives, and extraordinary behaviourDid you know that elephants give each other names, orangutans self-medicate, and rats giggle?
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.
Röhrenwürmer gehören zu den ersten Wirbellosen, die im Meerwasseraquarium gehalten wurden, und sind aus verschiedenen Gründen bei vielen Aquarianern sehr beliebt.
Jedem Aquarianer sind bei seinen Streifzügen durch die Aquaristikabteilungen unserer heimischen Zoomärkte sicherlich schon die eigenartigen Halbschnabelhechte ins Auge gefallen, die sich so sehr in Form und Gestalt von den üblicherweise im Handel angebotenen Zierfischen abheben.
Jede Spezies auf der Erde nimmt nur bestimmte Reize aus ihrer jeweiligen Umwelt wahr: welche, wie und warum genau, das birgt verblüffende Entdeckungen.
Der Augenblick, in dem man den Vogel sieht, hat etwas Einmaliges und zugleich etwas Meditatives – davon erzählt Zen und die Kunst der Vogelbeobachtung.
How animals conceive of death and dyingand what it can teach us about our own relationships with mortalityWhen the opossum feels threatened, she becomes paralyzed.
Combining the literary sensibility of David Quammen with the scientific rigor of Stephen Jay Gould, Carl Zimmer reveals the power, danger, and beauty of the surprising creatures who dominate the earth: parasites.
A marvelously illustrated A-to-Z compendium of bird names from around the globeThe Bird Name Book is an alphabetical reference book on the origins and meanings of common group bird names, from "e;accentor"e; to "e;zeledonia.
The ultimate field manual for identifying distant raptorsThe ultimate must-have guide for identifying migrant raptors, Hawks at a Distance is the first volume to focus on distant raptors as they are truly seen in the field.
Wildlife Demography compiles the multitude of available estimation techniques based on sex and age data, and presents these varying techniques in one organized, unified volume.
Este libro es el resultado de un proceso investigativo que busco reconocer el gran potencial pedagogico, didactico y biologico que tiene la UPN para el estudio y conservacion de las aves.
Los felinos son uno de los grupos de mamíferos que se encuentran en grave peligro de extinción a causa, entre otras, de la tala de bosques, la competencia por espacio con los humanos y la cacería para obtener su hermosa piel utilizada en el diseño de prendas de vestir.
El propósito de esta obra es recorrer juntos la vida de algunos de los fascinantes animalitos que comparten este planeta con nosotros, comprender un poquito cómo los clasifican los científicos, visitar los ambientes en donde se encuentran a gusto, así como conocer los alimentos que prefieren, saber de su vida familiar y también sobre sus enemigos.
For the first time, the complete collection of the Collins Field Guides' incredibly detailed, accurate and beautiful bird paintings has been brought together in one comprehensive volume.
El libro trata sobre diversos temas relacionados con la historia del conocimiento del orden Chiroptera en Ecuador, aspectos ecológicos y geográficos de varias especies, con información relacionada con preferencias de hábitat, patrones de distribución, fragmentación, dieta y uso de refugios; además de análisis de modelamientos geográficos, artículos conceptuales sobre diversidad y revisiones taxonómicas detalladas.
