Zoology and animal sciences

The Handbook of Australasian Biogeography is the most comprehensive overview of the biogeography of Australasian plants, fungi and animal taxa in a single volume.

Animal Biotechnology introduces applications of animal biotechnology and implications for human health and welfare.

This volume gives a comprehensive review on dromedary camel handling and management by respecting its welfare, which is a global first.

A catalogue of the soft-scale insects of the world (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Cocidae) with data on geographical distribution, host plants, biology and economic importance.

Parasites that manipulate the behaviour of their hosts represent striking examples of adaptation by natural selection.

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Avian Medicine and Surgery in Practice is an invaluable quick reference resource for clinicians and a useful study guide for veterinary students.

This concise, practical text covers the essential information veterinary students and nurses, new graduates and practitioners need to succeed in equine practice, focussing on reproduction and the foal.

This book provides comparative data on fish ecology and small-scale fisheries between Tapajos (clear water) and Negro (black water) rivers, in the Brazilian Amazon.

This book covers selected topics about Indian vultures, focussing on their ecology, interactions with people and future, based on related political, social, economic, biological, and technological issues.

Analysis and Management of Animal Populations deals with the processes involved in making informed decisions about the management of animal populations.

The Control of Chromatophores focuses on the color changes in animals, particularly among the invertebrates.

This book, by Australia's ladybird beetle specialist, Dr Adam Slipinski, illustrates Australia's diverse and fascinating ladybird beetle fauna — the commoner spotted species and the many others that are striped, glossy, and even very hairy.

Sea turtle populations around the world are endangered, and in recent years tourism has been a critical element in worldwide efforts to save them.

Wyl Menmuir's The Draw of the Sea is a beautifully written and deeply moving portrait of the Cornish Coast and the people who make their livings there, examining the ephemeral but universal pull the sea holds over the human imagination.

Morphodynamics is defined as the unique interaction among environment, functional morphology, developmental constraints, phylogeny, and time-all of which shape the evolution of life.

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Gnotobiotics summarizes and analyzes the research conducted on the use of gnotobiotes, providing detailed information regarding actual facility operation and derivation of gnotobiotic animals.

Ecologists have always believed, at least to a certain extent, that physiological mechanisms serve to underpin ecological patterns.

The first complete field guide to the exotic amphibians and reptiles established in the continental United States and Hawaiʻi, this book provides practical identification skills and an awareness of the environmental impacts of these species.

Explores the extraordinary variation and plasticity found in all areas of spider behaviour including foraging, web building, communication and courtship.

This is an easy to use field guide for identifying the 80 reptile species currently known to occur in the Murray catchment area of New South Wales.

Anuran amphibians are among the animal groups with the highest rate of population decline on the planet.

Zoom in to the world of creepy crawlies and discover the secrets of the most successful creatures on the planet!

Our perception of the brain structure and function as an organ full of secrets and mysteries must change, and it is necessary to consider it as a part of the body that is constantly evolving and developing to maintain homeostasis for the entire human organism.

This book attempts to advance Donald Griffin's vision of the "e;final, crowning chapter of the Darwinian revolution"e; by developing a philosophy for the science of animal consciousness.

Comparative Cardiovascular Dynamics of Mammals offers never-before-published data on the structure and function of the circulatory systems of the different mammalian species.

This textbook provides a comprehensive overview on the diverse strategies invertebrate animals have developed for nitrogen excretion and maintenance of acid-base balance and summarizes the most recent findings in the field, obtained by state-of-the-art methodology.

Physiological Mechanisms of Marine Pollutant Toxicity contains the proceedings of a symposium on "e;"e;Pollution and Marine Organisms"e;"e; held at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina, on November 30 to December 3, 1981.

Over the past decade, advances in both molecular developmental biology and evolutionary ecology have made possible a new understanding of organisms as dynamic systems interacting with their environments.

This book is the second volume of two books about sea urchins (echinoids) since 1953 (Th.

The third edition of this successful textbook looks again at the influence of natural selection on behavior - an animal's struggle to survive by exploiting resources, avoiding predators, and maximizing reproductive success.

This thorough revision of the classic Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals brings this authoritative book right up-to-date.

The book addresses this critical need by providing a straightforward and easy to read primer to key elements of at-risk butterfly conservation programs including captive husbandry, organism reintroduction, habitat restoration, population monitoring, recovery planning and cooperative programs.

Muscle and Meat Biochemistry teaches the different concepts and topics under the eponymous subject.

This multivolume handbook presents the most authoritative and comprehensive reference work on major zoonoses of the world.

This volume and its companion Nonhuman Primates in Biomedical Research: Biology and Management represent the most comprehensive publications of their type on nonhuman primates.

Prostaglandin Research reviews the status of prostaglandin research, with particular emphasis on chemistry.

Amphibians and reptiles is a comprehensive guide to the native and non-native species of amphibian and reptile found in the British Isles.

This part completes the review of the largest and economically richest order of fishes, Perciformes, begun in Part 3.

Ecosystems today are dynamic and complex, leaving conservationists faced with the paradox of conserving moving targets.

In this sweeping history of more than 3 000 years, beginning with Ancient Egypt, scientist Marcus Byrne and writer, Helen Lunn capture the diversity of dung beetles and their unique behaviour patterns.

During the past two decades, virus taxonomy has advanced to the point where most viruses can be classified as belonging to families, genera, or groups of related viruses.

The astonishing new story of human originsWas Darwin wrong when he traced our origins to Africa?

Integrated Population Models: Theory and Ecological Applications with R and JAGS is the first book on integrated population models, which constitute a powerful framework for combining multiple data sets from the population and the individual levels to estimate demographic parameters, and population size and trends.