Zoology and animal sciences

There are more deaf dogs than you might imagine, enjoying life just as hearing dogs do.

There are billions of dogs in the world, each with its own character and breed traits.

Every year millions of puppies enter homes, carrying their new family's expectation of a wonderful relationship.

This little book is about cats; cats of all shapes, sizes and colours, and specifically about those that have shared their lives with the great and well-respected astronomer, Sir Patrick Moore CBE FRS, over a lifetime of 80 years.

The dog is undeniably the most successful domestic animal of all time.

In this seminal pet psychology book, John Fisher examines the mind of the dog with examples taken from his practical experience, with the aim of explaining to owners how the world appears from a dog's point of view.

Animals in complex human societies are often both meal and symbol, related to everyday practice and ritual.

Animals in complex human societies are often both meal and symbol, related to everyday practice and ritual.

This book examines how the study of human-animal relations can help us interpret archaeological evidence.

This book examines how the study of human-animal relations can help us interpret archaeological evidence.

Written by experienced contributors from the renowned Mayo Clinic, the Atlas of Sleep and Sleep Medicine covers the history, humanities, and comparative biological aspects of sleep.

Ornamental trees, shrubs and flowers have always been extremely popular and there is large demand-whether in gardens or parks-for alpines, bedding plants, cacti, cut flowers, house plants and pot plants, as well as herbaceous plants, ornamental grasses, shrubs and trees.

There has been a large increase in the commercial use of integrated crop/pest management methods for pest and disease control on a wide range of crops throughout the world since the first edition of this book.

Horses perceive the world differently from humans because their senses developed differently through evolution to cope with different ways of living and surviving.

The microscopic soil and plant nematodes that are parasitic on crop plants can be very damaging, and are generally not visible to the naked eye.

With the expansion of human settlements and the environmental changes brought on by human activity and pollutants toxicology and risk assessment of mammal species is becoming increasingly of interest to toxicologists involved in environmental research.

With the expansion of human settlements and the environmental changes brought on by human activity and pollutants toxicology and risk assessment of mammal species is becoming increasingly of interest to toxicologists involved in environmental research.

From dinosaur to dinner plate, Sally Coulthard tells the fascinating and sometimes shocking story of the domestic chicken.

Behaviour problems are a significant cause of companion animal relinquishment and euthanasia.

Urban pests are common all over the world.

Urban pests are common all over the world.

Technology for modifying the genotypes and phenotypes of insects and other arthropods has steadily progressed with the development of more precise and powerful methods, most prominently transgenic modification.

Technology for modifying the genotypes and phenotypes of insects and other arthropods has steadily progressed with the development of more precise and powerful methods, most prominently transgenic modification.

This book presents a global overview of the background to, and the current state of, crop protection and pest management in cotton crops.

This new book summarises decades of research and collation of distributional data.

This new book summarises decades of research and collation of distributional data.

Animal behaviour and, as a result, animal welfare are increasingly complex areas of study, with the diversity of the animal kingdom and new research findings ensuring there is no one, easy answer.

Animal behaviour and, as a result, animal welfare are increasingly complex areas of study, with the diversity of the animal kingdom and new research findings ensuring there is no one, easy answer.

This book presents a global overview of the background to, and the current state of, crop protection and pest management in cotton crops.

My first book of Caterpillars, butterflies and moths is the newest title in this highly successful childrens series.

Cleaner fish are increasingly being deployed in aquaculture as a means of biological control of parasitic sea lice, and consequently the farming of wrasse and lumpfish, the main cleaner fish species in current use in salmon farming, is now one of the fastest expanding aquaculture sectors, with over 40 hatcheries in Norway alone.

Few of us know what goes on after dark, underneath the moon.

The book draws on the evidence of landscape archaeology, palaeoenvironmental studies, ethnohistory and animal tracking to address the neglected topic of how we identify and interpret past patterns of movement in the landscape.

The book draws on the evidence of landscape archaeology, palaeoenvironmental studies, ethnohistory and animal tracking to address the neglected topic of how we identify and interpret past patterns of movement in the landscape.

Much has been written on marine fishing and the migratory eel and salmon.

Completely updated and revised, and synthesizing the recent explosion in animal welfare literature, the sixth edition of this best-selling textbook continues to provide a thorough overview of behaviour and welfare of companion and farm animals, including fish.

Completely updated and revised, and synthesizing the recent explosion in animal welfare literature, the sixth edition of this best-selling textbook continues to provide a thorough overview of behaviour and welfare of companion and farm animals, including fish.

The book is a taxonomic treatise of the tropical fruit flies of Papua New Guinea, Indonesian Papua, associated islands and Bougainville, the region of the world where speciation in the sub-family Dacinae has been most prolific.

The book is a taxonomic treatise of the tropical fruit flies of Papua New Guinea, Indonesian Papua, associated islands and Bougainville, the region of the world where speciation in the sub-family Dacinae has been most prolific.

This book brings together expert opinions from scientists to consider the evidence for climate change and its impacts on ticks and tick-borne infections.

This practical book provides an updated resource for the identification of bacteria found in animals inhabiting the aquatic environment, illustrated with colour photos.

Understanding animal andrology is fundamental to optimising genetic breeding traits in domestic and wild animals.

Bridging the gap between genome and phenotype, the transcriptome is a molecular-level snapshot of the act of living.

Bridging the gap between genome and phenotype, the transcriptome is a molecular-level snapshot of the act of living.

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.

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.

This book is an essential, thorough, very practical guide to understanding and caring for your rabbit.