Zoology and animal sciences

This book offers an introduction to aquaculture sciences and fisheries, discussing the concepts and basic characteristics of fisheries, fishery resources and the related industries, as well as the status of fisheries in various countries around the globe.

This book provides a complete overview of cutting-edge research on insect sex pheromones and pheromone communication systems.

This book provides essential information on methodologies for recording electrocardiograms in various animal species, including dogs, cats, cattle, buffaloes, sheep, goats, mithun, chelonians, snakes, avians, equines, rabbits, and the Indian gray mongoose.

This book provides an up-to-date overview of the various reproductive systems of a variety of aquatic animals, from invertebrates to fishes.

This book provides an overview of our current understanding of polyembryony in insects.

Several Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approaches are available for managing pests of varied kinds, including individual and integrated methods for pest suppression.

As one of the largest families within the Caridea, the Alpheidae have attracted much attention for its species richness, especially on coral reefs.

Seas and oceans cover 71 % of the earth's surface and they are home to 80% of all life found on the planet .

This book gives an overview of the diverse marine fauna and flora of Japan and includes practical guides for investigating the biology and ecology of marine organisms.

Fungal pathogens pose an on-going and serious threat for poikilotherms and homeotherms, and can cause a broad spectrum of diseases ranging from innocuous to life-threatening.

This book describes the similarities and differences between two species, bonobos and chimpanzees, based on the three decades the author has spent studying them in the wild, and shows how the contrasting nature of these two species is also reflected in human nature.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the Yangtze River system and its water resources development and management.

This book comprehensively describes the biological underpinnings of red meat production, discussing the current state of the science in the context of the provision of red meat products perceived by consumers to offer a quality eating experience.

This book comprehensively describes the biological underpinnings of red meat production, discussing the current state of the science in the context of the provision of red meat products perceived by consumers to offer a quality eating experience.

This book reviews the latest research on the molecules and mechanisms of marine host stress responses to viral infections and tumorigenesis.

This book presents an overview of selected topics in comparative cognition, which is the study of behaviour and mental activities in nonhuman animals.

Phytoplasma-associated diseases are a major limiting factor in the context of the quality and productivity of many ornamental, horticultural and other economically important agricultural crops worldwide.

Conogethes is a group of moths distributed in Austral-Asian region from India to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Australia.

From the perspective of local scientists, this book provides insight into bees and beemanagement of Asia, with a special focus on honey bees.

This book presents the latest developments and recent research trends in the field of plankton, highlighting the potential ecological and biotechnological applications.

The coastal and ocean ecosystem is a significant feature of our planet and provides a source of food for much of life on Earth.

The book reviews key developments in downy mildew research, including the disease, its distribution, symptomatology, host range, yield losses, and disease assessment; the pathogen, its taxonomy, morphology, phylogeny, variability, sporulation, survival and perpetuation, spore germination, infection, pathogenesis, seed infection, disease cycle, epidemiology, forecasting, and fine structures.

Pests cause economic damage to crops and stored products, while vectors are responsible for the transmission of disease-causing agents in human beings and livestock.

This is the first academic book about the dinosaurs, birds and pterosaurs of Korea, one of the richest and most exciting regions on earth for the study of vertebrate ichnology.

This book offers a comprehensive account of India's four biodiversity hotspots: the Himalaya, Indo-Burma, Western Ghats and Sri Lanka and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

This book offers a comprehensive account of India's four biodiversity hotspots: the Himalaya, Indo-Burma, Western Ghats and Sri Lanka and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

This book reviews and synthesizes the recent advances in exploiting host plant resistance to insects, highlighting the role of molecular techniques in breeding insect resistant crops.

This book highlights the latest advances in rotifer studies in various fields including aquaculture, ecology, gerontology and ecotoxicology.

This book on protocols in semen biology is a compilation of 20 chapters written by 15 experts from 5 Indian Council of Agricultural Research institutions, focusing on the basics of various procedures in semen biology with applications in animal and other allied sciencesThe information is presented in simple language with illustrative figures and colour microphotographs, making it understandable for readers of every level.

The book highlights intricate predisposing factors for pathogenesis of nutritional anemia.

This book presents a compilation of the latest findings from reputed researchers around the globe, covering in detail climate change and its effects on sheep production.

This book presents a compilation of the latest findings from reputed researchers around the globe, covering in detail climate change and its effects on sheep production.

This book covers the latest research on male infertility.

This book provides fundamental information on pet birds, menaces, and advances made in the diagnosis and treatment of menaces.

This book is a compilation of writings focused on conventional and unconventional insect products.

Acarology - the study of mites and ticks, is a subdiscipline of Zoology, and is many times considered in the field of Entomology (the study of insects).

Arthropods are invertebrates that constitute over 90% of the animal kingdom, and their bio-ecology is closely linked with global functioning and survival.

Arthropods are invertebrates that constitute over 90% of the animal kingdom, and their bio-ecology is closely linked with global functioning and survival.

This atlas is currently the most systematic and comprehensive atlas of the tree shrew brain.

The prefrontal cortex is known to play important roles for performing a variety of higher cognitive functions.

Las hormigas son uno de los grupos de insectos más comunes en los ecosistemas terrestres del planeta, importantes agentes de la dinámica y estructura de bosques, agrosistemas e incluso ambientes antrópicos.

Esta guía de peces es fruto de un trabajo de investigación científica adelantado por la Universidad del Valle, Sede Pacífico.

Las bromelias, plantas admiradas por sus inflorescencias, guardan, en su interior, una diversidad inimaginable de especies de invertebrados.

El libro sirve como una guía introductoria al conocimiento de los grupos de Artropoda en los niveles jerárquicos de subphilum, clases, subclases y ordenes.

El comportamiento social representa un aspecto central de la conducta de los animales que se manifiesta a través del contacto físico y del uso de diversas señales de comunicación (ej.

Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) are highly prized as sports fish and increasingly as high-value food fish.

This volume comprises papers presented to Wietske Prummel on the occasion of her retirement from the Groningen Institute of Archaeology (University of Groningen) in 2012.

This book is devoted to Agroecological Crop Protection, which is the declension of the principles of agroecology to crop protection.

This book contributes to the current discussion on climate change by presenting selected studies on the ways in which past human groups responded to climatic and environmental change.

This volume focuses on small mammal fossils from extinct Asian faunas of about 1 to 7 million years ago in North China.