Zoology and animal sciences

Chimpanzees, including bonobos and common chimpanzees, are our closest living relatives.

In this work aggression and conflict in man and other primates are interpreted in the light of evolutionary biology and game theory models.

The growing success of molecular methods has challenged traditional views of animal evolution and a large number of alternative hypotheses are hotly debated today.

In the last decades a remarkable renaissance has materialized in insect morphology, mainly triggered by the development of new cutting-edge technologies.

This book proposes a new way to think about evolution.

Sound is almost always around us, anywhere, at any time, reaching our ears and stimulating our brains for better or worse.

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Das schönste Schmetterlingsbuch unserer ZeitNach ihren beiden erfolgreichen, hochgelobten Büchern »Von seltenen Vögeln« und »Das botanische Schauspiel« widmet sich Anita Albus in ihrem neuen Buch einer der faszinierendsten Erscheinungen der Natur: den Schmetterlingen.

Highlighting the current developments and future directions in GABA research, the ambitious aim of this topical volume is to cover GABA from the molecular mechanisms of its transmission to new targets for pharmaceutical research.

Claire Detrain, Jean-Louis Deneubourg and Jacques Pasteels Studies on insects have been pioneering in major fields of modern biology.

Die Palökologie hat in den letzten Jahrzehnten eine dynamische Entwicklung erfahren.

Many advances have been made in the field of thermoregulation in the past few years.

Following an opening chapter by the late Susumu Ohno on paralogues of sex-determining genes, the five best-studied genes essential for early mammalian gonadal development are portrayed in detail: SF-1 and WT1 and their roles in early events in gonadal development, SRY and SOX9 in testis determination, and the anti-testis gene DAX-1.

This book is devoted to one of the central problems of contemporary thinking, for which c.

Twenty five years ago, Bill Stebbins presented the principles of animal psychophysics in an edited volume (Stebbins, 1970) describing an array of modem, creative methodologies for investigating the range of sensory systems in a variety of vertebrate species.

The Intemational Meeting on Vitamin B6 and Carbonyl Catalysis took place on Capri, Italy from 22nd to 27th May 1994 and was organized in conjunction with the 3rd Symposium on PQQ and Quinoproteins.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

This unique volume gives insight into the science of slaughter with in-depth discussion of neural communication and the welfare aspects of pre-slaughter handling and slaughter of livestock.

This new edition provides comprehensive coverage of the variety and complexity of the roles that glycoconjugates play in the cells of the nervous system.

The basic goal of the volume is to compile the most up to date research on the effect of ecotourism on Indonesia's primates.

This book presents a detailed examination of the current state of knowledge in the field of paleoneurology in the main amniote groups (reptiles, birds and mammals), and advances  resulting from new non-invasive technologies.

Epigenetic modifications comprise heritable gene expression changes that occur without alteration of the DNA sequence and 'co-act' with genetic factors to shape development processes and evolutionary trajectories.

Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is an endangered species, and its population size is steadily declining.

This volume discusses renal function and the mechanisms by which the kidney regulates the composition and volume of the extracellular fluid.

This book undertakes a thorough study of Reindeer in the Upper Pleniglacial and Tardiglacial societies in France.

The rapid demise of coral reefs worldwide has spurred efforts to develop innovative conservation and restoration methods.

This is the first book devoted to international deer husbandry techniques for the growing industries of venison, velvet antler, and antler trophy production as well as long established extensive park systems for amenity.

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the application level for various agricultural biotechnologies across Sub-Saharan Africa.

This atlas offers stunning color electron scanning micrographs and exceptional light microscopy pictures of capillaries, vessels and diverse histomorphological tissues and organs of Xenopus laevis.

This book discusses the history of invertebrate fossil understanding and classification by exploring fossil studies between the 15th and 18th centuries.

This atlas provides a step-by-step manual in using the video-oto-endoscope (VOE) as a tool to study ear diseases in cats and dogs.

Cranes are enigmatic birds.

The seventh volume in the series "e;Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Marine Mammals"e; describes aspects of the often-complex relationship between humans and marine mammals.

Jurgen Tautz, renowned German bee researcher explains how bees communicate.

This book has been developed to provide a detailed discussion of probiotics, which have been evaluated for use predominantly in fish and shellfish aquaculture.

Various parallels have been drawn between wolves and humans from the perspective of their social organisation.

In this book, an international team of leading marine mammal scientists, with a remarkably diverse set of backgrounds and areas of expertise, lead you through a synthesis of current knowledge on baleen whales.

Biotremology is a new and emerging discipline in biological sciences that covers all aspects of behavior associated with substrate-borne mechanical waves.

How does consciousness emerge from a brain that consists only of physical matter and electrical / chemical reactions?

All You Need to Know About SpidersSpiders are super predators and devour everything they can overpower.

Despite their rich fossil history, there are only four surviving species of sirenians or sea cows, the only fully aquatic herbivorous mammals.

Problems of insect enumeration and assessment of needs are addressed in the contexts of rapid and substantial losses and changes to all key Australian terrestrial and freshwater environments and promoting awarenesss of the importance of insects.

Development is a complex and highly dynamic process involving the cross talk among genes, maternal effects and environmental circumstances.

Phocid (or earless or true) seals are ecologically diverse, occupying habitats from the tropics to the poles in marine and freshwater and feeding on anything from tiny zooplankton to other marine mammals.

My dog understands me!